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Message: [QUOTE="subsbligh, post: 2474159, member: 1950"] If the trainer, the club or its doctors were negligent in their advice to the players about whether a substance was legitimate, it is not fair at all to punish the players, unless they contributed to the negligence by failing to make enquiries that a reasonable athlete of the same life experience and intelligence would have made. If the players get sanctioned by the ADASA because it's a strict liability regime (which is what AP is saying) then you can bet your arse they'll sue the pants off the club and the staff who administered the drugs to them (if it's Dank, can't see how he won't come out of this bankrupt). Great article in the Australian Sports section today about possible causes of action. Still, I stand by that ADASA is a toothless tiger here without any direct evidence (plenty of circumstantial evidence perhaps), who is playing a game of brinksmanship by offering the 6 month suspension deal, simply to save face (for any number of motivations - in my view because it's an election year and the decision makers in ADASA are looking at a bullett if they got this wrong). If the police think someone has committed an offence, do you see them offering a reduced sentence before even charging the person? [/QUOTE]

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