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| Essendon pushed the Boundaries and now they must pay the Sickening Consequences, 'The Most Significant Sanction in AFL History' |
Essendon has been gutted. The most sickening of blows for the Essendon Football Club has been agreed upon earlier today, with the charge being the greatest the AFL/VFL competition has made within it's history by a herculean stretch. Over the best part of 7 months, we've been discussing the severe consequences Essendon could receive if found guilty of using performance enhancing drugs. As of yet, all the findings that the AFL and ASADA have found are not privy to the public ear. These will soon come out, but at this stage the charges have been laid. The AFL has charged Essendon for bringing the game into disrepute (Under Rule 1.6), and although they haven't been charged with administering performance enhancing drugs to their players, they have been charged with;
"Didn't adequately work to help sustain the health and welfare of it's players." (Fitzpatrick)
"It was experimental, inappropriate, inadequately vetted and controlled." (Fitzpatrick)
"Potential to have been administered substances prohibited by WADA." (Fitzpatrick)
"The most significant sanction in AFL history." (Demetriou)
