Bombers - The Saga;
Essentially, there shouldn't be anything in the public domain... people should have kept their mouths shut!
Hird needs to wake up and smell the roses... He says they deserve to play finals... I'm not completely convinced about that, but I think sanctions should be done next year, not this year... And guess what James Hird, it's not your decision!
Bombers (as a club) are saying it will be "game-on" with the lawyers... over the next few weeks...
The Bombers need to understand that they need to take their medicine...!
Pun intended!
My suggestion;
Don't get the lawyers involved... Survey the football public, and try to come up with a reasonable solution for all...
Do nothing in Season 2013.
Bombers Season 2014 - 4 or 5 Premiership Games (16-20 Points) - plus 4-8 week suspension for every player who appears to have taken a banned substance, and 1-4 weeks for other players where we don't know what was taken, such as when records weren't kept, etc... Suspensions can be served in a 'staggered' way, so Essendon can continue to be competitive. Club fine of about $1M, paid to The AFL. Plus some other fines paid to ASADA, to cover their costs, etc... Hird and the club staff get nothing, but they would get a world of guilt, in terms of knowing what the overall costs to club is... Financial and otherwise...
That would be a fair outcome... (on the basis that it appears banned drugs have been administered, or at least drugs not ticked off for human use...???)... We will wait and see!!
Bombers get a sniff at finals for 2014, if they are good enough...
wicked work Footescray Bulledogs sii 
