www.ukad.org.uk/news/article/thr ... iolations/ Can we vent our spleen now please ?

www.ukad.org.uk/news/article/thr ... iolations/ Can we vent our spleen now please ?

Just read it, I defended Rule before but the arrogance of the man. He has brought shame on the club and using mental illness as an excuse is just low.

I said at the time stress related illness didn't make any sense.

If you read the individual PDF documents for the 3 cases it makes a right tangled web of the story..

Reading the Gleeson document he got the product from.... SEAN LONG!!!

I see Mr Long is mentioned in Gleeson's

I bet Gleeson rues the day he ever met Sean Long, much of his low points have involved him.

No doubt this will still be locked

Am I reading it right to suggest that it was all Rule's idea to lie and then the other 2 "grassed him up" afterwards and got lesser bans?

Yes that is how i read it as well Robbo.

Carefully. Under the UK's somewhat draconian libel laws it's still possible to libel folk who have been found guilty of an offence. And speculation concerning any other people who may be implicated is still off limits.

I suggest you read the documents available from the link before making any further daft comments. Long did nothing wrong at all - hence he hasn't been implicated in the affair. All he did was give Gleeson a supplement he was already using and that had been cleared by that muppet Cooper.

Karma

I am not defending anybody but your Doctor could give you
slimming tablets ...I have had them in the passed ..Plus I
am on Beta Blockers nowand have been for 8 years it help to slow the
left hand side of my heart down(Heart Failure) ..The only different I wasn't allowed
to drive Buses any more I couldn't get the Insurance Cover for carrying passengers so my job had to go
Plus DVLA had to be informed of my condition by Pro Cleveland from Castle Hill Hospital to allow me to drive a car
Why didn't the Club do this for Gleeson and informed the UKDA ,There is a possibility there might not have been
a ban

It's not clear if it was his initial idea but it certainly seems like he facilitated and coordinated the false statements etc. What an idiot. He should have sacked Cooper for failing to properly check the supplement and thrown Gleeson on the mercy of the UKDA panel. Worst case would have been a similar length ban for Gleeson.

The irony is that nobody actually set out to break any rules to begin with. I actually feel sorry for Gleeson as he was given incorrect advice - albeit second hand - and didn't think he was doing anything wrong.

He still gave it to Gleeson when it is not his job to do so.

Nothing wrong with taking supplements that don't contain MHA but have a similar effect. In fact, it says in the report that the clubs supplement provider have a similar thing, but Hull didn't have any in stock at the time.