Supplements fall out stretches beyond Essendon

The Court of Arbitration for Sport's decision stretches beyond Essendon to other clubs with past Bombers players now on their books; they too will be forced onto the sidelines. Former players who are coaching or competing in regional leagues will also have to step down for a year. It's still not known if Essendon captain Jobe Watson will keep his Brownlow Medal, which he won in 2012 at the time of the supplements program.
 
TIM PALMER: The Court of Arbitration for Sport's decision stretches beyond Essendon to other clubs with past Bombers players now on their books. They too will be forced onto the sidelines.
Former players who are coaching or competing in regional leagues will also have to sit out a year and it's still not known if Essendon captain Jobe Watson will keep his Brownlow Medal, which he won in 2012 at the time of the supplements program.
Natalie Whiting reports.

SPORTS COMMENTATOR: Ryder: he's slotted it right through the middle. Ryder kicks his first for the Power.

NATALIE WHITING: The majority of the 34 players suspended over the Essendon supplements saga are no longer with the club.
Paddy Ryder and Angus Monfries are among them; they both now play with Port Adelaide.
The Club's general manager is Chris Davies.

CHRIS DAVIES: We are devastated for Angus and Paddy. They are two fine young men. We are extremely proud as to how they have conducted themselves throughout this whole process and will now provide them with all the support they require during their stint on the sideline.

NATALIE WHITING: Three other clubs - Melbourne, the Western Bulldogs and St Kilda - each have a player who will have to step down for the season.
The clubs have all expressed disappointment, with the Saints saying its new recruit Jake Carlisle is devastated.
The Greater Western Sydney Giants will also lose retired Essendon player Mark McVeigh from its coaching staff.
Another former player, Henry Slattery, says the decision is still raw.

HENRY SLATTERY: You know, your whole world's just been changed right in front of you. As players, we still haven't really quite swallowed the decision yet and I can't really understand how they came to that.
It's just disappointing because the players, yeah, feel as though we've done nothing wrong.

NATALIE WHITING: He now lives in South Australia's Barossa Valley, where he had just taken on the task of coaching a local team - which he'll no longer be able to do.

HENRY SLATTERY: I've been involved with training for the last three or four months before Christmas, trying to prepare the team and now that's just all gone out the window.

NATALIE WHITING: The current suspended players won't be allowed to train with their clubs until two months before the ban is set to end.
Port Adelaide says it's seeking clarification about what involvement the club can have with the players.
The clubs will be allowed to upgrade rookies to fill the positions, with Essendon allowed to upgrade all of its five rookies.
The Bombers will also be allowed to sign an extra 10 players to its list and financial allowances over the salary cap limit will be made.
The club's chairman, Lindsay Tanner, says the side will pull through.

LINDSAY TANNER: Clearly we've got big challenges in front of us for the balance of this year, for the 2016 season that's going to have a lot of difficulties that we're going to have to deal with.
But I have absolute confidence that John Worsfold, our new coach, our staff, our management are up to that challenge and in particular, I've got absolute confidence our playing group is up to that challenge.

NATALIE WHITING: Questions still remain over whether suspended Essendon captain Jobe Watson will keep the Brownlow Medal he won during the supplements regime.
The AFL says the commission will hold a hearing about that next month.

LINDSAY TANNER: I said some weeks ago I think Jobe should retain the Brownlow Medal irrespective of whatever decision was announced today. I stand by that position. I would anticipate the club will in some form make a submission to the AFL in line with that sentiment.

NATALIE WHITING: In Port Adelaide, the chairperson of the official supporters group, Andrea Pellizzari, says fans there will support the suspended players.

ANDREA PELLIZZARI: We'll have our "Monfries Magic" flag and our "Night Ryder" flag ready to go, so we'll just keep them warm this year and get them ready for 2017.

NATALIE WHITING: The AFL Players Association says it's highly likely affected players will take legal action against Essendon.

TIM PALMER: Natalie Whiting reporting.


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