FB: Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

[OzJohnnie]

A potential major situation brewing in the Australian Football League over the last few hours.  It's come out, and the AFL has admitted, that they are faking injuries in order to keep players who fail secret AFL-arranged drug tests away from World Doping Authority testers and, thereby, avoiding a doping ban.

Apparently, players call the league CEO or Commissioner or other executives (sometimes at 2am we've learned) and let them know they have been blowing coke or smoking meth or whatever.  The AFL then fires up their private testing lab to see if the players will fail and arrange fake injuries if needed.  All the while keeping clubs in the dark and avoiding club doctors.

Genuine question. They've been covering up the testing. Do we really think it's "only" for blow and meth. My gut reaction was, there have to be guys also taking PED's, and this is a method of covering that up. Which is what WADA really cares about to begin with.

The rabbit hole could be very deep. PEDs, of course. But now that you're facilitating one crime's cover-up, why not another?  Once you have convinced yourself that you're doing the right thing evading WADA rules, it becomes very easy to convince yourself that it's OK to evade other rules.  Perhaps the league should supply the drugs to make sure players aren't getting crap off the streets?  Or maybe the league should test a player's supply to make sure it's not contaminated with something even more dangerous. Maybe inform players which dealers are the 'good ones'?  Yes, the rabbit hole could be very deep indeed.

Todays reveal is that over 100 players' drug use was being managed by the league, facilitating consumption without being caught.

[OzJohnnie]

Follow up question. What's the Australia version of Sioux City or St. Cloud in terms of meth production? A guy on my team has a brother on the St Cloud SWAT team, man are there some interesting stories coming out of the Granite City.

I honestly don't know.  Probably Geelong.

[hazzben]

Probably good you don't know Oz 

[Ice Bear]

First time back on the boards since they have been up and running for me. Hope everyone is well.

[hazzben]

Good to hear from you again Ice!

[GoldandBlueBU]

I saw that BU's schedule is out, and that we swapped Wartburg for AO's Eagles of Northwestern.

[sjusection105]

Testing, testing, 1 2 3

[hazzben]

I saw that BU's schedule is out, and that we swapped Wartburg for AO's Eagles of Northwestern.

Saw that too. Not sure if we swapped them or they swapped us for SJU. That's an intriguing early season matchup. I think Wart loses a lot, but sounds like they've got some key pieces coming back as well.

[AO]

I saw that BU's schedule is out, and that we swapped Wartburg for AO's Eagles of Northwestern.

That's great news! It's been 33 years since the last game. We might have students climbing trees to get a good look at the field for this one.

[DuffMan]

It's been 33 years since the last game.

Really?!  That surprises me.  Battle of the Bible Thumpers!

[OzJohnnie]

It's been 33 years since the last game.

Really?!  That surprises me.  Battle of the Bible Thumpers!

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Bible-football-questions-answers-competition/dp/0802405509

[SagatagSam]

Testing, testing, 1 2 3

Roger that, Section, we have you Lima Charlie. Over and out.

[OzJohnnie]

On the radio this morning I found out that Air Supply is a Melbourne band.  I had vaguely known they were Aussie, but I didn't know they were Melbournites.

Anyways, for all the folks around my age with these guys to thank for the first-kiss-enabling vibes, now we know the rest of the story.

https://www.youtube.com/@AirSupplyMusicOfficial/videos

[hazzben]

In the spirit of Oz sharing life details that only pertain to him, but strangely I now find interesting ... Just got word that my Stage 1 upgrade is finished on my Vulcan Mean Streak. Basically my bike is now louder and faster (cue Tool Time/Tim the Tool-Man Taylor grunting), and more blacked out. Perfect timing, as I've been dying to get out and ride a bit!

If my wife puts out the APB searching for a missing husband, you'll know where to direct her this weekend! 

[hazzben]

IYKYK