DOPING IN SPORTS – AUSTRALIA

Dream in tatters: doping spotlight on Rioli

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Original article by Courtney Walsh
The Australian – Page: 1 & 2 : 13-Sep-19

West Coast Eagles football player Willie Rioli has been stood down by the club after it was revealed ASADA has alleged he substituted a urine sample during a drug test in August. Former ASADA chief Richard Ings says it ‘can never be for a good reason’ when someone substitutes a urine sample, and it is an act that normally results in a four-year ban. Rioli will not play for the Eagles, who are seeking to defend their 2018 premiership, for the rest of the season, but he can still train with them.

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National vetting to halt sport doping

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Original article by Chip Le Grand
The Australian – Page: 3 : 20-Dec-17

The Australian Sports Commission will adopt a nationwide accreditation scheme for sports scientists and conditioning coaches. Such a scheme was one of the main recommendations of a Senate inquiry into the drug scandals at Essendon Football Club and the Cronulla Sharks. Sporting clubs that hire or continue to employ unaccredited sports scientists and support staff once the scheme takes effect will lose out on government funding. The scheme’s introduction has been welcomed by the Australian Institute of Sport.

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AUSTRALIAN SPORTS COMMISSION, ESSENDON FOOTBALL CLUB, CRONULLA SHARKS, AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF SPORT, EXERCISE AND SPORTS SCIENCE AUSTRALIA LIMITED, AUSTRALIAN STRENGTH AND CONDITIONING ASSOCIATION, AUSTRALIAN FOOTBALL LEAGUE, NATIONAL RUGBY LEAGUE, AUSTRALIAN SPORTS ANTI-DOPING AGENCY

Codes baulk at national sports court

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Original article by Chip Le Grand
The Australian – Page: 3 : 25-Oct-17

The Coalition of Major Professional & Participation Sports has rejected the Federal Government’s proposal to establish a national sports integrity tribunal. The CMPPS has argued that key sports codes are likely to favour resolving cases of corruption, doping and match-fixing via their own tribunals. Sports codes’ involvement in the national sports court would be on an "opt-in" basis rather than being compulsory. A review panel is also looking at issues such as imposing criminal penalties for match-fixing and increasing the powers of the National Sport Integrity Unit.

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COALITION OF MAJOR PROFESSIONAL AND PARTICIPATION SPORTS, AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF HEALTH, AUSTRALIAN FOOTBALL LEAGUE, NATIONAL RUGBY LEAGUE, AUSTRALIAN RUGBY FOOTBALL UNION, FOOTBALL FEDERATION AUSTRALIA LIMITED, CRICKET AUSTRALIA, NETBALL AUSTRALIA, ESSENDON FOOTBALL CLUB, COURT OF ARBITRATION FOR SPORT, AUSTRALIAN SPORTS COMMISSION, AUSTRALIAN SPORTS ANTI-DOPING AGENCY, AUSTRALIAN ATHLETES ASSOCIATION, WORLD ANTI-DOPING AGENCY, RACING NSW

Essendon turns to business for cash

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Original article by Patrick Durkin
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 1 & 2 : 14-Jan-16

Essendon Football Club posted a profit of $A720,000 in 2015, following a loss of $A3.2m in 2014 in the wake of the sports supplements scandal. The embattled club could face costs of up to $A20m as a result of likely legal action by the 34 current and past players who have been banned for the 2016 season for taking the prohibited supplements. Essendon will be seeking financial support from its network of wealthy business leaders as it prepares to deal with the fallout from the Court of Arbitration for Sport’s ruling. The Australian Football League may also face significant legal costs.

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ESSENDON FOOTBALL CLUB, AUSTRALIAN FOOTBALL LEAGUE, PORT ADELAIDE FOOTBALL CLUB, FUSION STRATEGY, KIA MOTORS AUSTRALIA PTY LTD, TOLL HOLDINGS LIMITED, ADIDAS AUSTRALIA PTY LTD, TRUE VALUE SOLAR HOLDINGS PTY LTD, COURT OF ARBITRATION FOR SPORT, SPORTSLAW.COM.AU

Bookies say disgraced outfit is a lock for wooden spoon

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Original article by Perry Williams
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 4 : 13-Jan-16

Punters who have backed Essendon to win the 2016 Australian Football League premiership will be offered a refund by Sportsbet in the wake of the landmark ruling on the supplements scandal. The firm notes that Essendon had been heavily backed to win both its first game of the season and the premiership. With many Essendon players now banned for the entire season, Sportsbet is no longer accepting bets on the team that will finish last on the AFL ladder.

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ESSENDON FOOTBALL CLUB, AUSTRALIAN FOOTBALL LEAGUE, SPORTSBET AUSTRALIA, PADDY POWER PLC, TABCORP HOLDINGS LIMITED – ASX TAH, WILLIAM HILL AUSTRALIA PTY LTD, UBET, GOLD COAST FOOTBALL CLUB LIMITED, SYDNEY FOOTBALL CLUB, ADELAIDE FOOTBALL CLUB, RICHMOND FOOTBALL CLUB, NORTH MELBOURNE FOOTBALL CLUB LIMITED, PORT ADELAIDE FOOTBALL CLUB

Ball-up or down in the dumps

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Original article by John Stensholt
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 7 : 2-Apr-15

The 2015 Australian Football League (AFL) season begins on 2 April, amid the ongoing controversy over Essendon Football Club’s supplements saga. The Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority has indicated that it may appeal after the AFL’s Anti-Doping Tribunal exonerated all of the Essendon players. Some 350 people became Essendon members immediately after the ruling, and the club expects a big profit in 2015

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AUSTRALIAN FOOTBALL LEAGUE, ESSENDON FOOTBALL CLUB, AUSTRALIAN SPORTS ANTI-DOPING AGENCY, SYDNEY SWANS FOOTBALL CLUB, CARLTON FOOTBALL CLUB, RICHMOND FOOTBALL CLUB, INTERNATIONAL COURT FOR ARBITRATION IN SPORT, COLLINGWOOD FOOTBALL CLUB, MOELIS AND COMPANY, GOLD COAST FOOTBALL CLUB LIMITED, GREATER WESTERN SYDNEY FOOTBALL CLUB

Hird’s legal bill ‘above $1m’, as hearing nears end

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Original article by Jon Pierik
The Age – Page: 45 : 5-Feb-15

Lawyer Natalie Hickey suggests that Essendon coach James Hird has already racked up legal costs of at least $A1m in the long-running doping scandal. This includes Hird’s own legal expenses and the costs incurred by the Australian Sports Anti-Doping Agency (ASADA). Meanwhile, ASADA’s lawyers must present their final arguments to the Australian Football League’s anti-doping tribunal by 5 February 2015

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Essendon directors face challenge

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Original article by John Stensholt
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 42 : 10-Nov-14

Ron Gauci and Jason Cunningham are seeking election to the board of Essendon Football Club at its AGM in December 2014. They hope to oust current board members Kevin Egan and Jo-Anne Albert, but Essendon chairman Paul Little is believed to have stressed the importance of boardroom stability. Further court action over Essendon’s supplements scandal will occur on 10 November

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ESSENDON FOOTBALL CLUB, AUSTRALIAN FOOTBALL LEAGUE, AUSTRALIAN SPORTS ANTI-DOPING AGENCY, FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA, MELBOURNE STORM RUGBY LEAGUE CLUB LIMITED, NATIONAL RUGBY LEAGUE, MELBOURNE POLYTECHNIC

Hird didn’t want ASADA probe

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Original article by Jon Pierik, Adam Cooper
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 10 : 12-Aug-14

The Federal Court is hearing a claim by Australian Football League (AFL) club Essendon and coach James Hird, who has been forced to step aside due to an alleged improper supplements program. They argue the AFL and the Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority breached the law by conducting a joint probe. Hird on 11 August 2014 told the court he took part in a self-reporting exercise by Essendon against his will and "signed a deal of settlement under duress, threats and inducements"

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AUSTRALIAN FOOTBALL LEAGUE, AUSTRALIAN SPORTS ANTI-DOPING AGENCY, ESSENDON FOOTBALL CLUB, FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

ASADA could be in breach of law

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Original article by Jon Pierik
The Age – Page: 41 : 15-Jul-14

A warning issued by the Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority (ASADA) could have breached legislation. ASADA filed its defence document on 12 July 2014, in which it stated that it could reissue show-cause notices to 34 current and former players of Essendon Football Club. Graham Smith, a partner with Clayton Utz, says the warning could be interpreted as an infringement of the model litigant rules

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AUSTRALIAN SPORTS ANTI-DOPING AGENCY, AUSTRALIAN FOOTBALL LEAGUE PLAYERS’ ASSOCIATION, ESSENDON FOOTBALL CLUB, CLAYTON UTZ, FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA, AUSTRALIA. ATTORNEY-GENERAL’S DEPT