{"id":16736,"date":"2016-11-11T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-11-11T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/uncategorized\/watson-hands-back-2012-brownlow\/"},"modified":"2016-11-11T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2016-11-11T00:00:00","slug":"watson-hands-back-2012-brownlow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/sport\/watson-hands-back-2012-brownlow\/","title":{"rendered":"Watson hands back 2012 Brownlow"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Pre-empting an AFL Commission decision on whether he should keep his Brownlow, Jobe Watson has handed the medal back.<\/h3>\n<p>&#8220;Last month the Federal Supreme Court of Switzerland dismissed the appeal mounted by lawyers representing my teammates and I,&#8221; Watson said in a statement released by the AFLPA.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This may represent finality of this matter from a legal perspective, however the reality is that for the players and our families it is something that we will continue to carry with us.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The negative impact it has had should not define who we are, however I believe it has undoubtedly changed us in various ways.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It is with mixed emotions that I have decided to hand back my 2012 Brownlow Medal.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It is now up to the AFL Commission at their meeting on Tuesday to make a decision as to what they want to do with it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Jobe was due to face the AFL on Tuesday and make his case for keeping the medal.<\/p>\n<p>The 2012 medal could now retrospectively be given to joint runners-up Trent Cotchin and Sam Mitchell, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.afl.com.au\/news\/2016-11-11\/jobe-watson-hands-back-2012-brownlow-medal\" target=\"_blank\">reports afl.com.au<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Jobe&#8217;s full statement here:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"871\" width=\"870\" class=\"media-element file-default nova-lazyload-image-wrapper lz-cont img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/jobe-statement.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>MOST POPULAR<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/shows\/leon-byner\/aussie-government-tips-millions-into-clinton-slush-fund\"><strong>AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT TIPS MILLIONS INTO CLINTON \u201cSLUSH FUND\u201d<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/shows\/rowey-bicks\/ben-jarman-like-father-like-son\"><strong>BEN JARMAN &#8212; LIKE FATHER, LIKE SON\u2026 \u201cHE\u2019LL TEAR A GAME APART\u201d<\/strong><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pre-empting an AFL Commission decision on whether he should keep his Brownlow, Jobe Watson has handed the medal back. &#8220;Last month the Federal Supreme Court of Switzerland dismissed the appeal mounted by lawyers representing my teammates and I,&#8221; Watson said in a statement released by the AFLPA. &#8220;This may represent finality of this matter from [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":16738,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[143],"tags":[],"geo_market":[],"class_list":["post-16736","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sport"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - 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