Essendon skipper Jobe Watson could be stripped of his Brownlow Medal if drugs allegations against the Bombers are proven. Picture: Michael Klein. Source: Herald Sun
ESSENDON captain Jobe Watson would be the first AFL player to be stripped of his Brownlow Medal if serious drug allegations against the Bombers are proven.
But as his father Tim spoke of his anguish at that prospect, Watson was confident of his innocence despite taking supplements along with the rest of the Essendon list.
Watson has told family and confidantes that as far as he is aware, the supplements are legal.
Should the ASADA findings show Watson was one of the Essendon players who took illegal substances, he would almost certainly be stripped of the Brownlow Medal.
But Watson, who as captain had no knowledge of any suspicious substances, can only join his teammates and Essendon fans in awaiting the finding of the AFL-ASADA inquiry.
Watson said yesterday morning he would be gutted if Jobe lost the game's highest individual award.
"As a parent, I'd be devastated for him," Watson said yesterday on SEN.
"I'd be completely and utterly destroyed and that is one of the components of this story too.
"There are lots of things that are going on that we don't know about."
Hawthorn's Sam Mitchell and Richmond's Trent Cotchin tied for second on 26 votes in last year's count.
Late yesterday, Watson said his son wanted the chance to explain Essendon's controversial strategy, confident the club had done nothing wrong.
"I was completely shocked and taken aback by it yesterday," Watson told Channel 7.
"But he explained to me nothing has been taken outside the guidelines stipulated by WADA and ASADA and the club doctor and he is really confident where it sits and he would like the chance to explain his story."
Watson said he would be surprised if the Bombers had allowed someone into their club who could do such damage.
"One would think that everybody within their football club has the checks and balances whereby they know the people they're employing," he said.
"They know the substances and the composition of any substances being given to the players as well ... getting their players fitter and faster and stronger.
"They're going to push those because that's what being in an elite environment is all about.
"But I hope that the correct checks and balances and the correct checks on the people are conducted before you employ them, because then you know exactly what it is that's going on within your football club."
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