valleys07 wrote:daysofourlives wrote:"If" it is all true Hird should get a life ban from involvment in any football club. Corcoran the same.
Goes without saying that Dank and Robinson should be banned for life but no club would touch them now anyway.
For Reid to know so little shows the real regard he was held by Hird and the club. i.e He was club Doctor by name only and was bypassed quite deliberately by Hird Corcoran Dank and Robinson.
Reid should perhaps be able to just retire and any wrong doing on his behalf should be decided by the medical board.
I have never liked Bomber Thompson but in all reality he appears to have had little involvment and a suspended sentence would be appropriate.
As for the football club no penalty would be sufficient, short of winding the club up.
I don't care about points, fines, draft picks they are not fit to exist. Whatever penalty handed down should be designed so that there is no alternative but too fold or their license to operate is revoked etc etc.
Goodbye Essendon as far as im concerned.
Bring in a team from Tasmania.
I now see why they are so keen to fight it, they are some serious allegations that will result in what i suggest if found guilty. It would only be legal loopholes that save them.
I don't believe the AFL should be offering deals. They have to see it through and remove Essendon and those associated with it from the AFL IMO.
Serious question days- would you share that viewpoint if Hawthorn was at the centre of this saga?
Not having a crack and each to their own as far as opinions are concerned, but imo its awfully rich to recommend scrapping the club. Punish the people in question for sure but punish 50,000 members and quite possibly a number of players when they have done nothing wrong seems a bit rich.
Can you think of a more appropriate penalty? Sure those involved can be banned for life.
I have tried to think of something but whatever i come up with doesnt seem enough.
Points for one season would be laughable, Points for 3-5 years is more appropriate but would kill the club anyway.
2 draft picks for 3 years is laughable needs to be more, kills the club anyway
$10m fine, others will pay and is laughable, 50m is more appropriate kills the club anyway.
Throw in all the lawsuits that will come from players and they may as well fold.
I can't see it ending any other way unless as i said they find loopholes, which seems to be Hirds only defence, today he was still going on about AOD, IMO thats the least of their troubles and FFS can we stop hearing about AOD.
Its not about who the club is its about the treatment of players and supposedly the players being unaware of being administered illegal drugs and the blatant cheating that this implies