TIME TO GO JOBE

A great guy. Fantastic advocate for his club and the sport. But unfortunately, has taken a banned substance, whether to his knowledge or not, and thus should face the penalty of a min. 6, 12 or 24 month ban.

Essendon FC implemented a supplements program they admitted was 'on the edge'. Well if you play on the edge, there is every chance you will fall off. 

EFC and its players will fall and it looks like Jobe has fallen. The rules have been broken. 

The penalty may be harsh, given it's highly likely players were misinformed as to what they were taking, but this issue has been prevalent sport for a long time. 




 The modern Olympics, the benchmark for human athletic achievement for over a century, would judge this occurrence with a ban; even after numerous appeals. 
It is likely that the excuse of 'I trusted my doctor" would not negate guilt. The athlete takes full responsibility. 

I bet less than 5% of Australian Olympians get paid close to what Jobe does, yet they manage to keep abreast of all the rules and all the details associated with drugs in sport. And whilst they struggle to keep down a day job, find small sponsors to get by, they still abide by the rules on mass. 

Watson, whom I have met, and is a lovely guy, and I feel for him, is a full-time professional athlete and has a plethora of resources around him. No excuse mate, he must take the fall if proven to take a banned substance at the time.