{"id":19634,"date":"2016-01-27T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-01-27T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/uncategorized\/former-afl-lawyer-says-jobe-watson-should-keep-brownlow-medal\/"},"modified":"2016-01-27T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2016-01-27T00:00:00","slug":"former-afl-lawyer-says-jobe-watson-should-keep-brownlow-medal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/sport\/former-afl-lawyer-says-jobe-watson-should-keep-brownlow-medal\/","title":{"rendered":"Former AFL lawyer says Jobe Watson should keep Brownlow"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Influential legal figure and former AFL senior advisor for 21 years Jeffrey Browne says Jobe Watson should be allowed to keep his 2012 Brownlow Medal, despite being found guilty of doping violations.<\/h3>\n<p>Outlining Browne\u2019s argument on Melbourne radio station SEN, Brian Waldron said the AFL should preference it\u2019s own anti-doping tribunal\u2019s verdict over the Court of Arbitration for Sport\u2019s.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhilst they (CAS) had to be comfortably satisfied, surely to take a Brownlow off someone the AFL has to be more than comfortably satisfied \u2013 they have to be sure beyond reasonable doubt,\u201d Waldron said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow are you going to feel when Ben Cousins is there as a legend of the game and Jobe Watson is not?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t think you can take a Brownlow off someone unless it\u2019s beyond reasonable doubt when you let others be there who have openly admitted to really being part of the game and doing bad things,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<h3>LISTEN to Brian Waldron here:<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowtransparency=\"allowtransparency\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"300\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"\/\/embeds.audioboom.com\/boos\/4104644-brian-waldron-jobe-cousins-similar-issues-on-hungry-for-sport\/embed\/v4?eid=AQAAAKg_qFbEoT4A\" style=\"background-color:transparent; display:block; max-width: 700px;\" title=\"audioBoom player\" width=\"100%\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Browne was quoted in an article published by the Herald Sun on Monday criticising moves to strip Watson of his Brownlow.<\/h3>\n<p>He said it was \u201can appalling prospect, which just doesn\u2019t cut it in any application of common sense, fairness or the AFL rules\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are two decisions on the liability of the Essendon players \u2014 both are different,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf any real sense is to surface through this mishmash of allegations and counter-allegations, the AFL Commission must \u2014 as it is perfectly entitled to do \u2014 prefer the decision of the AFL anti-doping tribunal for the purpose of determining if it should retrospectively interfere in the awarding the game\u2019s highest individual honour.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Browne called suggestions the case before the AFL anti-doping tribunal was botched by ASADA \u201cnothing more than a convenient excuse for those now gunning for Watson\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><strong>SEE ALSO: <a href=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/news\/stan-grant-wins-praise-for-uncompromising-speech-against-racism\">ANTI-RACISM SPEECH STUNS AUDIENCE AND GOES VIRAL<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>SEE ALSO: <a href=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/news\/video-shows-moment-frozen-fish-comes-back-to-life\">VIDEO SHOWS THE MOMENT A FISH COMES BACK TO LIFE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Influential legal figure and former AFL senior advisor for 21 years Jeffrey Browne says Jobe Watson should be allowed to keep his 2012 Brownlow Medal, despite being found guilty of doping violations. Outlining Browne\u2019s argument on Melbourne radio station SEN, Brian Waldron said the AFL should preference it\u2019s own anti-doping tribunal\u2019s verdict over the Court [&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,"footnotes":""},"categories":[143],"tags":[],"geo_market":[],"class_list":["post-19634","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) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Former AFL lawyer says Jobe Watson should keep Brownlow - FIVEAA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/sport\/former-afl-lawyer-says-jobe-watson-should-keep-brownlow-medal\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Former AFL lawyer says Jobe Watson should keep Brownlow\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Influential legal figure and former AFL senior advisor for 21 years Jeffrey Browne says Jobe Watson should be allowed to keep his 2012 Brownlow Medal, despite being found guilty of doping violations. Outlining Browne\u2019s argument on Melbourne radio station SEN, Brian Waldron said the AFL should preference it\u2019s own anti-doping tribunal\u2019s verdict over the Court [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/sport\/former-afl-lawyer-says-jobe-watson-should-keep-brownlow-medal\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"FIVEAA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/1395FIVEaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2016-01-27T00:00:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/watson_brownlow.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"650\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"366\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Tim Ashdown\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@1395FIVEaa\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@1395FIVEaa\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Tim Ashdown\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\\\/sport\\\/former-afl-lawyer-says-jobe-watson-should-keep-brownlow-medal\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\\\/sport\\\/former-afl-lawyer-says-jobe-watson-should-keep-brownlow-medal\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Tim Ashdown\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/c9993afbb4e9c76944cb880fa918b687\"},\"headline\":\"Former AFL lawyer says Jobe Watson should keep Brownlow\",\"datePublished\":\"2016-01-27T00:00:00+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\\\/sport\\\/former-afl-lawyer-says-jobe-watson-should-keep-brownlow-medal\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":331,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\\\/sport\\\/former-afl-lawyer-says-jobe-watson-should-keep-brownlow-medal\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/03\\\/watson_brownlow.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Sport\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\\\/sport\\\/former-afl-lawyer-says-jobe-watson-should-keep-brownlow-medal\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\\\/sport\\\/former-afl-lawyer-says-jobe-watson-should-keep-brownlow-medal\\\/\",\"name\":\"Former AFL lawyer says Jobe Watson should keep Brownlow - FIVEAA\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\\\/sport\\\/former-afl-lawyer-says-jobe-watson-should-keep-brownlow-medal\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\\\/sport\\\/former-afl-lawyer-says-jobe-watson-should-keep-brownlow-medal\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/03\\\/watson_brownlow.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2016-01-27T00:00:00+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/c9993afbb4e9c76944cb880fa918b687\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\\\/sport\\\/former-afl-lawyer-says-jobe-watson-should-keep-brownlow-medal\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\\\/sport\\\/former-afl-lawyer-says-jobe-watson-should-keep-brownlow-medal\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\\\/sport\\\/former-afl-lawyer-says-jobe-watson-should-keep-brownlow-medal\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/03\\\/watson_brownlow.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/03\\\/watson_brownlow.jpg\",\"width\":650,\"height\":366},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\\\/sport\\\/former-afl-lawyer-says-jobe-watson-should-keep-brownlow-medal\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Former AFL lawyer says Jobe Watson should keep Brownlow\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\\\/\",\"name\":\"FIVEAA\",\"description\":\"Always Adelaide\",\"alternateName\":\"FIVEAA\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/c9993afbb4e9c76944cb880fa918b687\",\"name\":\"Tim Ashdown\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/3d478e03918069695ae92ceb9741ab4b36830cf8102e75dd26c3949e28ad1aba?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/3d478e03918069695ae92ceb9741ab4b36830cf8102e75dd26c3949e28ad1aba?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/3d478e03918069695ae92ceb9741ab4b36830cf8102e75dd26c3949e28ad1aba?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Tim Ashdown\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\\\/author\\\/tashdown\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Former AFL lawyer says Jobe Watson should keep Brownlow - FIVEAA","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/sport\/former-afl-lawyer-says-jobe-watson-should-keep-brownlow-medal\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Former AFL lawyer says Jobe Watson should keep Brownlow","og_description":"Influential legal figure and former AFL senior advisor for 21 years Jeffrey Browne says Jobe Watson should be allowed to keep his 2012 Brownlow Medal, despite being found guilty of doping violations. Outlining Browne\u2019s argument on Melbourne radio station SEN, Brian Waldron said the AFL should preference it\u2019s own anti-doping tribunal\u2019s verdict over the Court [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/sport\/former-afl-lawyer-says-jobe-watson-should-keep-brownlow-medal\/","og_site_name":"FIVEAA","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/1395FIVEaa","article_published_time":"2016-01-27T00:00:00+00:00","og_image":[{"width":650,"height":366,"url":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/watson_brownlow.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Tim Ashdown","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@1395FIVEaa","twitter_site":"@1395FIVEaa","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Tim Ashdown","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/sport\/former-afl-lawyer-says-jobe-watson-should-keep-brownlow-medal\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/sport\/former-afl-lawyer-says-jobe-watson-should-keep-brownlow-medal\/"},"author":{"name":"Tim Ashdown","@id":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/#\/schema\/person\/c9993afbb4e9c76944cb880fa918b687"},"headline":"Former AFL lawyer says Jobe Watson should keep Brownlow","datePublished":"2016-01-27T00:00:00+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/sport\/former-afl-lawyer-says-jobe-watson-should-keep-brownlow-medal\/"},"wordCount":331,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/sport\/former-afl-lawyer-says-jobe-watson-should-keep-brownlow-medal\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/watson_brownlow.jpg","articleSection":["Sport"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/sport\/former-afl-lawyer-says-jobe-watson-should-keep-brownlow-medal\/","url":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/sport\/former-afl-lawyer-says-jobe-watson-should-keep-brownlow-medal\/","name":"Former AFL lawyer says Jobe Watson should keep Brownlow - FIVEAA","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/sport\/former-afl-lawyer-says-jobe-watson-should-keep-brownlow-medal\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/sport\/former-afl-lawyer-says-jobe-watson-should-keep-brownlow-medal\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/watson_brownlow.jpg","datePublished":"2016-01-27T00:00:00+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/#\/schema\/person\/c9993afbb4e9c76944cb880fa918b687"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/sport\/former-afl-lawyer-says-jobe-watson-should-keep-brownlow-medal\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/sport\/former-afl-lawyer-says-jobe-watson-should-keep-brownlow-medal\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/sport\/former-afl-lawyer-says-jobe-watson-should-keep-brownlow-medal\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/watson_brownlow.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/watson_brownlow.jpg","width":650,"height":366},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/sport\/former-afl-lawyer-says-jobe-watson-should-keep-brownlow-medal\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Former AFL lawyer says Jobe Watson should keep Brownlow"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/#website","url":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/","name":"FIVEAA","description":"Always Adelaide","alternateName":"FIVEAA","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/#\/schema\/person\/c9993afbb4e9c76944cb880fa918b687","name":"Tim Ashdown","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3d478e03918069695ae92ceb9741ab4b36830cf8102e75dd26c3949e28ad1aba?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3d478e03918069695ae92ceb9741ab4b36830cf8102e75dd26c3949e28ad1aba?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3d478e03918069695ae92ceb9741ab4b36830cf8102e75dd26c3949e28ad1aba?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Tim Ashdown"},"url":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/author\/tashdown\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19634","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19634"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19634\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16738"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19634"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19634"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19634"},{"taxonomy":"geo_market","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/geo_market?post=19634"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}