Drug & Match Fixing Scandal in Sport
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innsaneink
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@Tommy Magpie said:
Too late for that, youve all but named him.
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Hardwick
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People say the ACC report was overstated.. not sure how they know this without reading it.. I mean the supposed report that the Police now have.. not remembering that when Danny Wicks was found with drugs they also found hgh… People seem to have forgotten about that.. Would we really know if players were on PIEDs? I have a brother who is a copper. .. He says everytime they target drug dealers, footballers always turn up for PIEDs and cocaine. Danny Oliver only got busted becuase he was on a phone tap the cops had on for the Les Samba murder. My guess is the acc have a hell of a lot on info from the investigations of the bigger crooks.. just a thought
Marshall_magic
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I tend to think the Essendon story forced their hands in regards to going public. Imagine they held everything in until May. When they decide to make their blanket announcement, what would the reaction be? "You're cracking down on illicit drugs, okay, you didn't even catch the bombers." The longer it has gone on more the more ridiculous it is getting and the more it is beginning to feel like a whole lot of nothing.
According to Kate Lundy: "Under the law, ASADA can only start working with sports on an investigation after the Crime Commission has publicly released its report. Now that the report is released, that important work can begin." Explains why they went public without all the information but doesn't explain the timing.
I do like your point though, marshall_magic. Seems like a legitimate. Although I still can't help but feel this had politics written all over it.
I do like your point though, marshall_magic. Seems like a legitimate. Although I still can't help but feel this had politics written all over it.
happy_tiger
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I'm really starting to think illicit drugs are their target more than PHD's
The chances of them catching PHD users is fairly small unless they are going to keep samples for the future to be retested
The chances of them catching PHD users is fairly small unless they are going to keep samples for the future to be retested
@delpy said:
Well you've answered your own question pretty much with regards to the ACC. Balls no longer in their court. The timing re the initial release was more to do with the timing of the investigation - the initial phase of evidence gathering was finished. Why did they go public? No doubt the belief was that drawing attention to the information was beneficial overall. The flow of PEDs has dried up since all this began.
@happy tiger said:
The operation is about organised crime links to professional sport. The two things you mention are two sides of the same coin. The ACC's interest isn't in individial players testing positive.
Oh and the samples are kept.
happy_tiger
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Breaking news in regards to 4x100m men's freestyle relay team in regards to abuse of perscription meds
News conference 1.00PM eastern tomorrow
News conference 1.00PM eastern tomorrow
Marshall_magic
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Whatever they were on it certainly didn't work.
supercoach
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Its funny how the media works, they come out all guns blazing asking for clubs to be named and shamed, than when the clubs are named they turn their guns on the investigators.
It will be interesting what a lot of people will be saying in a month or so if and when some big names take a fall. You would have to have your head in the sand if you thought the NRL or any other big sport was clean. Okay it may be a tiny minority but it must be out their.
We are all very protective of our club and players and our game, but the stakes are high for all the people involved, and when the stakes are high people will do anything to get that edge, because with success comes money.
The code will bounce back, its seems to be able handle most obstacles thrown in its path
It will be interesting what a lot of people will be saying in a month or so if and when some big names take a fall. You would have to have your head in the sand if you thought the NRL or any other big sport was clean. Okay it may be a tiny minority but it must be out their.
We are all very protective of our club and players and our game, but the stakes are high for all the people involved, and when the stakes are high people will do anything to get that edge, because with success comes money.
The code will bounce back, its seems to be able handle most obstacles thrown in its path
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Hardwick
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I heard the ACC CEO say that cause they knew players were being injected with experimental substances by non-doctors that if a player died then the ACC would have to explain why they sat on it to the coroner. Apparently there has already been some suspicious deaths of athletes overseas.
I agree with supercoach. Rugby League won't suffer long term and I think that this is a good thing - better now than in 5 years time when things have spread out of control
I agree with supercoach. Rugby League won't suffer long term and I think that this is a good thing - better now than in 5 years time when things have spread out of control
