For those whinging about how this process is unfair to innocent players, well i say it's necessary and painful. The above mentioned Commission took its toll on the morale of the police force, including clean ones, but ultimately, it reformed the force and validated innocent officers.
And at the completion of the investigation the Police force is both still seen as corrupt (unfair) and has a large amount of corrupt people involved with it.
Media reports have confirmed that 50 individuals (current and ex-players) have come up during investigations.
Is it 50 NRL players or 50 sports athletes across the codes?
*put my original reply in the wrong thread
It seems to me at the moment that only The Sharks have (possibly) had an issue with what was in the report.
If that is the case why have the 5 other clubs been dragged through the mud over this when they have little to worry about.
All this could just turn out to be a Cronulla and Essendon show as opposed to an Australian sporting shame.
I still hope The Sharks are still in the clear and that they are just being cautious, but the longer they stay quiet the worse it looks for them
I agree, I much more worried about the Cronulla than anything other NRL club at this moment in time. I also have not been that won over by the noise Penrith is currently making.
What I am wondering is why is it even news that players haven't failed tests? Surely if they did they would have been suspended and we'd all have known about it.
In the overall scheme of things it's not news. But under these circumstances where Clubs are trying to ease fears of their players, fans, sponsors and members. Saying something as little as this but at the same positive along with saying "we are low risk with tentative links to us in the report" becomes news. Especially for those stakeholders.
The ACC has just handed this off. It was clearly leaked to the AFL and thats probably the biggest scandal that will come out of this.
There are senior people involved in investigative agencies who are spewing about all of this. Calling bullshit. The ACC will hand off to them now and they will be made to take the fall.
Mere political point scoring. The worst example I have ever seen, but under The Witch, everything is a new low and I'm not surprised.
Nothing will come of this for the AFL or NRL of any consequence, rather than their tarnished brands.
I hope they sue the f**k out of whoever is responsible.
A Class action by all Sports organisations that attended that press conference against the Australian government. The "Government" does not change even if an election puts another party in charge.
