Quote Originally Posted by TS50 View Post
I blame it on the AFL, the club and Hird, they should have manned up early, taken the punishment like Cronulla did, and it would be all over ,and no one would have thought badly of the players
4 points:

1) Why would you plead guilty if you're not?

2) Irrespective of 1) Hird has been punished severely for his part.

3) Irrespective of 1) Essendon have also been punished severely for their part.

4) Had Hird and the Club pleaded guilty the players would AUTOMATICALLY have been found guilty and be sitting out 2 years.

The players would be no better off regardless of what Hird or the Club did.

I know its a freaking mess but its a freaking mess because of the incompetence of the AFL, ASADA and now WADA to work with facts and evidence.