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Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority To Provide Evidence To AFL Essendon Players

The Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority revealed it will provide a "comprehensive summary" of evidence against the 34 Australian Football League side Essendon players issued with show-cause notices, and has suggested that "it is open to a deal with players prepared to come forward," according to Jon Pierik of THE AGE. The anti-doping body explained how the next stage of the process against the Essendon players would unfold, now that the club and coach James Hird "have lost their Federal Court case attempting to prove the investigation into the club's 2012 supplements program was unlawful." The Bombers board met on Wednesday, "with the appeal understood to be a key point of discussion." An ASADA spokesperson said, "The show-cause notice process for the 34 former and current Essendon Football Club players will remain on hold while the Federal Court appeal period is in place." The spokesperson said that once that decision was resolved, ASADA CEO Ben McDevitt "would become involved" (THE AGE, 9/24). The AAP reported rival AFL clubs "are urging Essendon" to bring its supplements saga to an end but former player Tim Watson said that "they are being hypocritical." Watson: "We all agree this has gone on for too long. But why would anyone admit guilt and carry a stain of being a drug cheat just so this goes away and it becomes convenient for people?" (AAP, 9/24).

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