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[GongPanther]

There’s a few Xerri truthers on Facebook, apparently the ASADA CEO used to work for the Raiders and has ties to Nick Politis and Paul White and the sprint coach was jailed for drugs

ASADA is HQ'ed in Canberra...being a gov dept n' all.

 

[unforgiven]

So what would be a fair and just punishment for him unforgiven?
I think 2 years is fair...

Honestly, if he is guilty, I believe he should be banned for life, but has to be full 4 years. Drug cheats make it harder for everyone else to compete. Anyone growing up playing against him now has question marks about how far they should have gone in the game, he has robbed someone else of the chance at an NRL career.

 

[SBD82]

There’s a few Xerri truthers on Facebook, apparently the ASADA CEO used to work for the Raiders and has ties to Nick Politis and Paul White and the sprint coach was jailed for drugs

Sounds like Gallen has been busy with his alts.

 

[txta2]

Ring Gids

 

[AJB1102]

People complain that the Gold Coast are a constant failure and need to go. Imagine they did all this and took 50 years to win a fkn comp?

The Cronulla Sharks. Rugby league's greatest mistake.

They were brought into the league for negative cynical reasons. Not to "expand" the competition into new areas, nor for the betterment of the game as a whole, but merely to limit the power and reach of the game's dominant club at the time. They should have gone the way of the Sth Qld Crushers.

Soon after the club was in financial strife, appointed an administrator and needed a bailout loan. The league gave them one, but didn't afford the same luxury to other struggling clubs Wests or Newtown.

Later they tried to sell the club to a celebrity quack Dr Jeff Edelstein, without NSRWL approval or advice. It was denied.

Then the CEO Paul Gow shreds a fans jersey

Then Greg Bird glasses his girlfriend and pins it on his mate

Captain Paul Gallen rips out a players stitches on the field

Peptide scandal

Salary cap cheating

CEO Damian Keogh cocaine bust

Xerri Ben Johnson


We didn't start the fire

Then in 1999 they merged and ... oh wait, wrong club. Nevermind.

 

[Bring back John Fifita]

Then in 1999 they merged and ... oh wait, wrong club. Nevermind.

Right club, wrong year. They merged in 1967.

Cronulla + Sutherland.

 

[Fufu Andronez]

what did Rodney Howe get caught with? think he got 1 year from memory and Tallis sprayed him deluxe on his return

 

[T-Boon]

So what would be a fair and just punishment for him unforgiven?
I think 2 years is fair...

People are very nasty at a time like this. They want maximums. You heard them say it. They want him never to play again and maybe worse.

 

[T-Boon]

Honestly, if he is guilty, I believe he should be banned for life, but has to be full 4 years. Drug cheats make it harder for everyone else to compete. Anyone growing up playing against him now has question marks about how far they should have gone in the game, he has robbed someone else of the chance at an NRL career.

f**k off.

 

[T-Boon]

PEDs first offence should be 18 months min / 4 years max

 

[Fufu Andronez]

Honestly, if he is guilty, I believe he should be banned for life, but has to be full 4 years. Drug cheats make it harder for everyone else to compete. Anyone growing up playing against him now has question marks about how far they should have gone in the game, he has robbed someone else of the chance at an NRL career.

thats a bloody long bow to draw

 

[Mr Angry]

If he tried to cheat ban him, no issue.

This is where I get angry, they ban blokes over bad taste photos, or sorting coke after a party.

The cheats are the ones you go hard on.

The other stuff is true Maude Flanders bullshyte.

What ever Bronson took, I am sure I could take, probably legal for me. However I do not play, zero sympathy.

Stick to punishing cheats please NRL.

 

[Perth Red]

what did Rodney Howe get caught with? think he got 1 year from memory and Tallis sprayed him deluxe on his return

22 matches for Stanozol (of Ben Johnson fame) in 1998. WADA min lengthy bans didnt come in until the mid 2000's

 

[Frailty]

PEDs first offence should be 18 months min / 4 years max

I will repeat - this is not decided by the NRL. It is not the place for the NRL to discuss or change.

Furthermore, I've posted the WADA Code which has minimum of 2 years with an additional 2 years if they can show intent (for those wondering why his phone was confiscated). So essentially suggesting something that is already in place!

 

[T-Boon]

I will repeat - this is not decided by the NRL. It is not the place for the NRL to discuss or change.

Furthermore, I've posted the WADA Code which has minimum of 2 years with an additional 2 years if they can show intent (for those wondering why his phone was confiscated). So essentially suggesting something that is already in place!

I said "should".

 

[unforgiven]

f**k off.

Great argument

 

[ACTPanthers]

Yeah, let's go easy on drug cheats because... actually I have no f**king idea why you want to go easy on (alleged) drug cheats. If, as others have said, it was intentional, then he should have a life ban. It's not that hard. Don't cheat, have a career. Cheat, and you forfeit that opportunity.

 

[ACTPanthers]

Great argument

It probably the smartest thing he's ever posted... Which is sad in itself

 

[Frailty]

I said "should".

What's the difference between 18 months and 24 months when it comes to the NRL?

Both are essentially the same punishment. So you are suggesting it "should" be changed for what will essentially have minimal effect on a player's Rugby League career.

Perhaps you should stop posting your same opinion over and over without offering a new perspective, re-evaluation, or supporting evidence.

 

[Captain Apollo]

To those who are saying why did it take 6 months for the result, there are only 30 WADA Accredited Laboratories on the planet that can conduct the tests and operations at some of them have been effected by COVID-19.

If you doubt me, check it out yourself here - https://www.wada-ama.org/sites/defa..._accredited_laboratories_en_-_may_14-2020.pdf