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Andrew Sutherland has previously been employed as a school teacher, a public servant, an insurance consultant, a Telstra employee, a toga-wearing barman in a theatre restaurant, and an Australian Rules footballer with Collingwood and Oakleigh.
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oikee,
Did you damage your finger playing or typing? 🙂
Glenn Stewart has prosthetic finger joint
The political commissar is a great analogy Sheek.
Integrity unit could lose its integrity
Cheers Jeff,
You chaps deserve a good draw considering you missed out on Bellamy but could you please lose in Round One against the Storm.
The NRL computer says "NO"
Good point Pogo. Also there’s no question that collisions not directly involving the head can impact on the brain. From personal experience, just tackling or being tackled at speed can cause some wooziness and a mild but lingering headache.
Greg Williams a sad example of the price of playing footy
Thanks Ian and Basil for those links:
Interesting to read: “A reduced neuropsychological performance was found after minor head impacts in soccer, even in allegedly asymptomatic players.”
And: “Astle’s was not the first case of a footballer’s illness or death (particularly in the form of Alzheimer’s or dementia type symptoms) being connected to heading old fashioned footballs, a notable example being the former Tottenham Hotspur captain Danny Blanchflower who died of Alzheimer’s disease in December 1993.”
A verdict of death by industrial injury was recorded.
Greg Williams a sad example of the price of playing footy
TC, yes they have a campus in Burwood which is where Alan Pearce is based and presumably where the testing is taking place.
Greg Williams a sad example of the price of playing footy
Good point Redb about FitzSimons as there was footage of him being blindsided by a French player. He actually told Williams he wouldn’t get tested for possible CTE b/c he didn’t want to know.
Greg Williams a sad example of the price of playing footy
Good to hear from a Leeds supporter, @joycinho. Yes Melbourne will definitely want to win as Bellamy loathes losing.
Be a good sport and give the Storm at least one cheer during the game!
Why I love the World Club Challenge
planko, I think the rest of the comp would want the Storm to beat Leeds first and then for Smith, Slater and Cronk to injure themselves badly in the warm down perhaps.
Why I love the World Club Challenge
Renegade, any competition that makes a Storm supporter cheer on Steve Matai and Anthony Watmough (as I was in 2009) must have something going for it
Why I love the World Club Challenge
Thanks for pointing that out Rabbitz, and yes Pope, Lynch did avoid suspension for a positive test b/c it was due to his Chronic Fatigue Syndrome medication.
Those exemptions however are for necessary treatments for disease and existing medical conditions, not injuries.
If a drug heals, can we say it's good?
Redb and Fred,
I must say I was a little surprised to discover that the NRL didn’t have a centralised testing programme for banned substances.
Is drug testing and the 'biological passport' useless for the AFL?
Hey chaps, I love the numbers but not my poor memory! 🙂
The wonder of numbers on jumpers
Yes Ross, he’s Adam’s young brother. When I asked him about Adam’s response to his draft selection he jokingly replied: “Adam’s had his time, he’s done enough. Maybe I can get my 15 minutes now!”
My chat with the draftees: part two
And that concludes the interview,
We’ll never know whether Armstrong is truly remorseful and most of us don’t care about his financial losses.
For cycling there could be positive repercussions if, as Travis Tygart suggests, Armstrong testifies under oath which will assist authorities to learn about the secrets and nature of doping cultures.
It could also implicate powerful figures such Thomas Weisel, the weathy financier and former owner of US Postal who has been accused of covering up his team’s doping and UCI President at the time Hein Verbruggen who had financial links with Weisel and has been accused of covering up Armstrong’s positive samples.
Looking on the positive side, Armstrong’s awful legacy does have one redeeming feature: Livestrong, the foundation that has raised almost $500 million for cancer sufferers.
Lance Armstrong Oprah interview: Live coverage, blog [LIVESTREAM]
Not surprisingly, and unortunatly, Oprah finishes the interview with a quote fro Armstrong’s ex-wife; “the truth will set you free”.
Lance Armstrong Oprah interview: Live coverage, blog [LIVESTREAM]
To the question “are you a better human being because of this” he replies “without a doubt”. He said after his cancer he became a better and smarter person, and then lost his way!
Lance Armstrong Oprah interview: Live coverage, blog [LIVESTREAM]
No-one is interested in hearing Armstrong say he’s an optimist who never looks back to the past
Lance Armstrong Oprah interview: Live coverage, blog [LIVESTREAM]
His loss of income seems to have affected him more than loss of reputation and friends, and Oprah seems to agree; “$75 million, it just went out of your life” as if she’s talking about a family member or close friend
Lance Armstrong Oprah interview: Live coverage, blog [LIVESTREAM]
Armstrong denies that he or any of his associates offered USADA the $150k bribe / donation
Lance Armstrong Oprah interview: Live coverage, blog [LIVESTREAM]
Oprah asks him the question “have you told anyone the whole truth” and he says yes after a long pause. Unfortunatly she doesn’t go further and ask who besides his ex-wife knows the whole truth
Lance Armstrong Oprah interview: Live coverage, blog [LIVESTREAM]
Says the biggest hope for him confessing is the wellbeing of his children
Lance Armstrong Oprah interview: Live coverage, blog [LIVESTREAM]
Time off for a set shot at goal. An excellent idea fatboi.
Why AFL needs dramatic pauses