Essendon football manager Rob Kerr says 18 players issued infraction notices will not playing in pre-season competition. Picture: Ian Currie Source: News Corp Australia
THE AFL will not entertain a NAB Challenge series without Essendon.
The Bombers on Wednesday warned they could be forced to field a side made up of "15 to 20" top-up players because of the ongoing doping saga.
Essendon football boss Rob Kerr confirmed 18 players issued with infraction notices by the league last November would not take part in the pre-season competition.
An AFL proposal that would allow all players still on the club's list from 2012 to withdraw also remains an option.
"By our estimations ... we're thinking we'd probably have to find in the vicinity of 15 to 20 players to be able to compete," Kerr said.
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"And we've all got to recognise that these (top up) players haven't done an AFL pre-season ... they are not at the level of the preparation and readiness that you would expect an AFL player to be.
"You quite simply couldn't expect those players to play the normal amount of game time — it would be putting them at risk of injury and it wouldn't be fair.
"There are 25 on our list from 2012 and then you look at some of the younger players and older players who are not going to play a lot of time in the NAB Challenge."
The AFL Commission meets next week and will need to approve the agreed solution to the NAB Challenge dilemma.
It would need to grant special dispensation for the Bombers to recruit top-ups from the state leagues like the VFL.
Kerr said the 18 players before the AFL anti-doping tribunal were not prepared to risk losing access to the possible backdating of suspensions.
The Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority yesterday confirmed players taking part in the NAB Challenge would forfeit any claims to backdating.
"Those players would probably be crazy to risk any of that period not being accounted for from a backdating point of view," Kerr said.
Closing submissions by ASADA and lawyers for the Essendon 34 will be presented to the tribunal on Monday and Tuesday.
A verdict is not expected until late March, on the eve of the home-and-away season.
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