Blues worse than Bombers

[Tannin]

[Breadcrawl]

Yeah I would prefer it if the Bombers were sent off in disgrace, and the Blues were the ones we inflicted a demoralising finals clobbering upon.

[Piesnchess]

[sixpoints]

Don't deny them draft picks!
I want to see them keep their picks. Picks like they used for number 2 in the National Draft for Scott Gumbleton.
Clubs would kill for a number 2 pick and look who those duds chose. Why deny them the chance to be this stupid again, especially since they overlooked;
T Boak, J Selwood, B Reid, K Tippett, N Brown, J Riewoldt, M Leuwenberger, J Frawley, T Goldstein for good old Gumby.

[Yaban]

Any players found guilty of taking illegal/non-sanctioned substances should get 2 year bans and have any awards stripped.
All this 6 month suspension is crap created by media misinformation. The hypocrisy of the Australian media in showing sympathy for the Tullamarine Homeless' players while vilifying Armstrong, Chinese swim team, Jamaican atheletes etc is a disgrace. Football is a game, if you cheat, piss off.

If there are multiple players in a club orchestrated doping then the club should be deregistered or banned from the league for 2 years. I know this won't happen but if the rumours are true the club has no place in the AFL.

[Greening gold]

Frankly, while I believe players who take PEDs should be banned for 2 years, I would be inclined to forgive the Bomber players on the grounds that they were just doing what the Club Saviour, His Assistant, The Medico and the Football Manager ie the Gods who run the place, told them to do because they assured them it was all right.

To my mind, Hird, Corcoran, Reid and Thompson (and anyone else involved) should be banned from all football involvement for a minimum 5 years (and Reid deregistered from the AMA). They were the people who were making the decisions, who had full responsibility invested in them by the club, who were trusted by the players, who had full knowledge of what they were doing, and chose not to keep the players fully informed. How long did Robbie Waterhouse get for the Fine Cotton ring-in? How long do horse trainers get for doping their nags? Same situation - treat the players as the horses and ban the trainers.

As for premiership points and draft picks, I couldn't care less, in fact I'd say leave them alone so as not to alienate so many fellow footy fans who have done nothing wrong. But show no mercy for the guilty parties. Evans and Robson resigned because they didn't know what was going on. Those that did should bear the full brunt.

[MOTR]

And the young Chinese athletes have less faith in their coaches? Ridiculous argument, unless you want to spread the mercy around.

[MOTR]

The players have to do time, and the administrators who allowed it to happen need to be banned for life. Players who haven't cooperated should be suspended for 2 years. Those who have should get 6 months. Dont like the idea of fining Essendon as it will reduce their ability to compensate the players who decide to sue. Perhaps the AFL should fine the club and put this money aside to ensure Essendon is able to make these payments.

Strongly agree with this point

[HAL]

What are your goals in life?

[MOTR]

[HAL]

What's your favourite movie?

[Harrysz]

Tannin, if it can be shown that the -players took performance-enhancing drugs then they'll be issued with infraction notices and subsequently banned.

[Tannin]