Essendon chairman David Evans releases the findings of the Switkowski report. Picture: Jake Nowakowski Source: Herald Sun
Last week the Herald Sun revealed it had read documents about players being prescribed AOD-9604, banned by anti-doping authorities, and a type of Thymosin, which might be banned, and today produces the consent forms outlining what was prescribed to players and how often.
Revealed: Banned drug on consent forms
Yesterday, Dr Ageless - Shane Charter - told the Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority he provided Essendon's former sports scientist, Stephen Dank, with banned peptides sourced from China.
Dank, remember, has said he injected the players with AOD-9604, and his name is on today's consent forms.
The Bombers last night told the Herald Sun: "The club certainly does not accept that the signing of the consent forms means that the supplements were administered."
It certainly is. So, here are consent forms listing at least one banned substance.
Essendon last week didn't even respond to their existence, and then yesterday argued that just because the consent forms exist, it doesn't mean the players took the banned substances.
Say, what?
At the same time, as revealed in yesterday's Herald Sun, Essendon is building a defence that AOD-9604 was not prohibited in 2012.
We won't get technical, but it's about chemists making up compounds for individual use.
MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - MAY 06: Bombers CEO Ian Robson and Bombers coach James Hird stand at the back and listen as Essendon Chairman David Evans speaks to the media during an Essendon Bombers AFL press conference at Windy Hill on May 6, 2013 in Melbourne, Australia. (Photo by Scott Barbour/Getty Images) Source:
So, again, there are denials the players took the drug but, if they did take the drug, they're seeking legal opinion.
Furthermore, Bombers chairman David Evans says he is "more and more confident" the players did not take any banned substances.
Evans and AFL boss Andrew Demetriou continually assert the Bombers are co-operating fully with ASADA and are being transparent and honest.
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Surely then, the player consent forms have been presented to ASADA by the club, which means ASADA knows all about the players being prescribed AOD-9604.
Still, Evans says the club has not "conceded our players have taken banned substances".
And Dank? He's staying in the shadows believing he has done nothing wrong, when all around him are fighting for their careers.
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