(Ex-) Cronulla players admitted drug cheats!

[Foordy]

According to the SMH John Williams, Stuart Flanagan and Paul Aiton were NOT offered the backdated bans and as such could face 2 years out of the game.

Williams is on the Roosters NYC coaching staff

Aiton is still playing for Leeds in the ESL.

Flanagan has retired from top grade but wants to play in the group 6 comp in 2015.

Three former Cronulla Sharks players not offered backdated ASADA deal

You have to wonder why these 3 weren't offered the deal the others were.

 

[broncos4life]

According to the SMH John Williams, Stuart Flanagan and Paul Aiton were NOT offered the backdated bans and as such could face 2 years out of the game.

Williams is on the Roosters NYC coaching staff

Aiton is still playing for Leeds in the ESL.

Flanagan has retired from top grade but wants to play in the group 6 comp in 2015.

Three former Cronulla Sharks players not offered backdated ASADA deal

You have to wonder why these 3 weren't offered the deal the others were.

Because they aren't high profile and/or consistent first graders.

It's far more important to protect those guys than make sure justice is done

 

[Morkel]

Flanagan isn't allowed to start coaching again... yet. As suspected, him re-signing halfway through his ban has come back to bite him.

 

[Foordy]

Flanagan isn't allowed to start coaching again... yet. As suspected, him re-signing halfway through his ban has come back to bite him.

He wasn't very smart was he.

I mean how can you sign a new contract when you are not permitted to gave either direct or indirect contact with the club.

 

[broncos4life]

He wasn't very smart was he.

I mean how can you sign a new contract when you are not permitted to gave either direct or indirect contact with the club.

Yeah, I'm trying to imagine with what explanation they were trying to get past the NRL.

"well, you see. I had just filled out his contract extension for him ready to sign when his ban was lifted and then a huge gust of wind came and blew the contract straight out of my window. Shane happened to be walking past the office, busy signing autographs and not having any contact with the club and the contract must have blown on top of the hat he was signing... and that's how his signature got on the paper. Once he realised it was a club contract and of course dropped it and ran away as fast as he could, to make sure he upheld the conditions of his ban. Todd Carney found the paper and burst into my office proclaiming 'Urine luck, I found this on the sidewalk'... and that's how it happened, we look forward to welcoming supercoach back any day"

 

[Morkel]

Yeah, I'm trying to imagine with what explanation they were trying to get past the NRL.

"well, you see. I had just filled out his contract extension for him ready to sign when his ban was lifted and then a huge gust of wind came and blew the contract straight out of my window. Shane happened to be walking past the office, busy signing autographs and not having any contact with the club and the contract must have blown on top of the hat he was signing... and that's how his signature got on the paper. Once he realised it was a club contract and of course dropped it and ran away as fast as he could, to make sure he upheld the conditions of his ban. Todd Carney found the paper and burst into my office proclaiming 'Urine luck, I found this on the sidewalk'... and that's how it happened, we look forward to welcoming supercoach back any day"

Yeah right, that's believable. And pork, bacon & ham come from the same magical animal, and Carney's a club captain.

 

[broncos4life]

 

[Huge]

Flanagan will be back coaching the Sharks in a few weeks time. Sooner or later everyone will just have to move on and accept what you can't change. Punishment has been metered out and the season is just about over. Before you know it, 2015 will be here and the drug saga will be old news. You can either hang on to your anger, real or imagined or, you can build a bridge.

However a lot of the posters on here will keep living in the past just like they do with Melbourne, calling them cheats etc when the cheating they did happened long ago. Whether you agree or disagree with how things were handled, wishing for people to fail a drugs test just so you can feel vindicated is pathetic and unworthy.

 

[Porthoz]

Flanagan will be back coaching the Sharks in a few weeks time. Sooner or later everyone will just have to move on and accept what you can't change. Punishment has been metered out and the season is just about over. Before you know it, 2015 will be here and the drug saga will be old news. You can either hang on to your anger, real or imagined or, you can build a bridge.

However a lot of the posters on here will keep living in the past just like they do with Melbourne, calling them cheats etc when the cheating they did happened long ago. Whether you agree or disagree with how things were handled, wishing for people to fail a drugs test just so you can feel vindicated is pathetic and unworthy.

 

[Cult]

Flanagan will be back coaching the Sharks in a few weeks time. Sooner or later everyone will just have to move on and accept what you can't change. Punishment has been metered out and the season is just about over. Before you know it, 2015 will be here and the drug saga will be old news. You can either hang on to your anger, real or imagined or, you can build a bridge.

However a lot of the posters on here will keep living in the past just like they do with Melbourne, calling them cheats etc when the cheating they did happened long ago. Whether you agree or disagree with how things were handled, wishing for people to fail a drugs test just so you can feel vindicated is pathetic and unworthy.

This makes no sense. Just because it happened in the past doesn't mean it didn't happen at all and everyone should just forget about it. Whilst those same players who are admitted drug cheats are still playing for them, they will continue to cop the criticism, and it should be even worse because they got away with it. Can definitely see some bias in your statements.

 

[Huge]

This makes no sense. Just because it happened in the past doesn't mean it didn't happen at all and everyone should just forget about it. Whilst those same players who are admitted drug cheats are still playing for them, they will continue to cop the criticism, and it should be even worse because they got away with it. Can definitely see some bias in your statements.

I never said it didn't happen, wherever could you have read that ? Also, we should not forget it happened, rather we should learn from it.
You may view them as admitted drug cheats, others may view them differently. Bias, lol ! As if you lot are free from bias ! I view them as victims as do many others. Scapegoats even. They didn't admit to being drug cheats, they admitted to unknowingly taking something although what exactly they took, no one seems to know. Anyhow, we should all rejoice in the knowledge that it's done now and the NRL and ASADA in all their wisdom thought the matter so insignificant that they gave the players a smaller penalty than Tariq Sims ! So I guess it really wasn't such a big deal.

 

[Cult]

I never said it didn't happen, wherever could you have read that ? Also, we should not forget it happened, rather we should learn from it.
You may view them as admitted drug cheats, others may view them differently. Bias, lol ! As if you lot are free from bias ! I view them as victims as do many others. Scapegoats even. They didn't admit to being drug cheats, they admitted to unknowingly taking something although what exactly they took, no one seems to know. Anyhow, we should all rejoice in the knowledge that it's done now and the NRL and ASADA in all their wisdom thought the matter so insignificant that they gave the players a smaller penalty than Tariq Sims ! So I guess it really wasn't such a big deal.

We all get called out on our bias and accept it. It seems to me that after all your pretentious rants about being older and more wise and forgiving or whatever was just plain bias. They are not victims. They're a bunch of idiots who allowed a substance to be put in them without checking if it was ok, or they're a bunch of drug cheats. Either way, they will never get any sympathy from me.

 

[Porthoz]

Apparently, the best way to deal with cheats (drug or otherwise), is to shrug the shoulders at it and pretend it didn't happen... just feel sorry for the injustice they've been subjected to by being caught and barely punished, and move on.

You wouldn't want to inconvenience them or the "wise" ASADA and NRL too much...

They should also readmit Flanagan, Dank, Elkin and even this Hibbert guy, who said he tried all the supplements himself, before they were administered to the players. After all, the matter is totally insignificant, and they're all scapegoats... right Darren?

 

[Huge]

Who are we to argue with the NRL and ASADA ? They had all the evidence, we had nothing. They had their investigation, we had only guesswork and innuendo. Are we more qualified, are we better situated ? Obviously we know very little so, figuratively shrugging our shoulders is all we can really do and yes, move on. Accept it. Personally I hope Dank and the others never have access to any more sporting people but the trusted ones are the guilty, not so much their clients. I've never believed for a moment that the players were trying to bulk up or whatever with some sort of ped. I believe they were simply following a legal programme to aid recovery time and from what I have read, what they believed they were taking was legal at the time.

 

[Nashy]

We aren't anyone to argue. Without us fans, they'd be fine.

 

[subsbligh]

Slow justice is no justice.

 

[Mr Fourex]

I've never believed for a moment that the players were trying to bulk up or whatever with some sort of ped. I believe they were simply following a legal programme to aid recovery time and from what I have read, what they believed they were taking was legal at the time.

Then you are blind or choosing to read only what you want to believe.

There is plenty of evidence to suggest that the Sharks players knew something wasn't right. Email transcripts from the club doctor.....statements claiming the players were told not to mention their new "legal programme" to anyone outside of the squad .....secret "medical appointments" held strictly off the club's grounds......to shoot up horse dope

Paul Gallen even rang the Sharks doctor and asked....."eerrr, what's up Doc? What's in the needles?"

These players have got off far too lightly as it is....the 3 week ban is an embarrassing indictment of how just inept David Smith is as the CEO of the NRL.

This disgraceful episode shouldn't be forgotten and the Cronulla Sharks should be scrutinised heavily for the remainder of their existence. They've proven themselves to be dishonest and to consider themselves to be above the law. Who knows just what they'll try in future desperate attempts to win themselves a premiership.

 

[Super Freak]