With WADA appealing the AFL’s Anti-doping tribunal’s decision regarding the 34 Essendon players, it’s time to get to know this loveable international bureaucracy.
Here are the key points you need to know about WADA:
- WADA stands for World Anti-Doping Agency or ‘Agence mondiale antidopage’ as James Hird calls it
- Their purpose is to ‘provide opportunities for overseas trips to bureaucrats’ and something about drugs in sport. I think stopping them.
- They are responsible for the World Anti-Doping Code, which 600 sports organisations have adopted and none have read
- WADA are a proud partner of the international conspiracy to get James Hird
- The mascot for WADA is Dopey the Bear
- Almost everyone at WADA thinks AFL is a version of rugby
- The AFL have already asked WADA for an interim report
- WADA wonder if ASADA have ‘rushed things a bit’
- When Ben McDevitt flew to Montreal to brief WADA, they didn’t know who he was and thought he was there to fix the heating. They noticed he was instead there to complain a lot
- The main reason for the appeal was that several investigators felt like going on an overseas trip and had never been to Australia
- WADA’s arch enemy is the World Pro-Doping Authority
- If you say WADA three times fast, it sounds like a helicopter but people will think you are having a fit
- WADA’s headquarters is in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, proving again that this whole Essendon saga is a conspiracy with the French behind it
- The only AFL player they’ve heard of in Montreal HQ is Mike Pyke
COMMENTS
Mace
May 12, 2015
Mike Pyke is Canadian, right? That was the reason for the reference there I suppose. I wonder why no media outlet has ever mentioned before that Mike Pyke is a Canadian and used to play rugby?
Sneha
May 13, 2015
Tnx for the Guide.. :)
Rhombus
May 15, 2015
Didn't the US invade Iraq looking for WADAs?
Brendan Gloyn
May 12, 2015
Providing my weeks highlights one electronic article at a time
Alexander Jon
May 12, 2015
Jamie ElkinsRussell Wallenaffer Liam Buckley Sam Hood
Mitch Newton
May 12, 2015
Ash Walls
Ash Walls
May 12, 2015
Does Dopey the Bear have any relations to Sexual Harrassment Panda?
Broden Tadros
May 12, 2015
Samuel Choudhury
Jane OReilly
May 12, 2015
Amusing as alwaysU0001f44d
Joanne Everett
May 12, 2015
Only 3 WADA offices in the world Sydney has one of the 3. Will it be a Swan Dive?
Gerard Moore Jr.
May 12, 2015
Stephen D'Arcy
Tom Smith
May 12, 2015
Jeff Smith, Frank Smith, Troy Harper, Matt Poynton
Josh Ranger
May 12, 2015
Jeff Ranger
Jesse Frost
May 12, 2015
Anthony Cutajar Nick Kierce
Geoff Schaefer
May 12, 2015
WADA Head Office bases in Montreal. Lucky James had a year of learning French during his gap year...
Jesse Frost
May 12, 2015
Sam Savvidis
Adam Rowe
May 12, 2015
Max Hughes
Dylan Healey
May 12, 2015
Jake Seeberg Bevis the third last point
Marty Schoo
May 12, 2015
Some handy tips for your next 2 years Shane Spriggs.
Paul White
May 12, 2015
WADA WADA WADA...very very funny
Stephen D'Arcy
May 12, 2015
First article about this I've smiled at! Might need a baguette lunch soon to ease the pain.
Stephen D'Arcy
May 12, 2015
Anthony D'Arcy ur boy is amusing
Georgia Taylor
May 13, 2015
Amanda Davidson
Jesse Frost
May 16, 2015
James Birt
Tony TC
Jan 11, 2016
Where there's a will, there's a WADA.
Tony TC
Jan 11, 2016
Where there's a will, there's a WADA.
Tony TC
Jan 11, 2016
Where there's a will, there's a WADA.
James Disruption McLean
Jan 11, 2016
The AFL killed Bowie to distract from the CAS announcement this morning.
James Disruption McLean
Jan 11, 2016
The AFL killed Bowie to distract from the CAS announcement this morning.
James Disruption McLean
Jan 11, 2016
The AFL killed Bowie to distract from the CAS announcement this morning.
Brett Naylor
Jan 11, 2016
And they stuffed that up too. They were supposed to get bieber not bowie
Brett Naylor
Jan 11, 2016
And they stuffed that up too. They were supposed to get bieber not bowie
Brett Naylor
Jan 11, 2016
And they stuffed that up too. They were supposed to get bieber not bowie
Jai Perrett
Jan 11, 2016
Michael Famularo 3rd last dot point U0001f602
Jai Perrett
Jan 11, 2016
Michael Famularo 3rd last dot point U0001f602
Jai Perrett
Jan 11, 2016
Michael Famularo 3rd last dot point U0001f602
Jason Kilday
Jan 12, 2016
Is that a WADA tee shirt one of the players is wearing?
Jason Kilday
Jan 12, 2016
Is that a WADA tee shirt one of the players is wearing?
Jason Kilday
Jan 12, 2016
Is that a WADA tee shirt one of the players is wearing?
Joanne Everett
Jan 13, 2016
A bit of Black Humour indeed!