Thread 3…for those who like a good saga on a Twitter long thread… For the best part of three years the AFL controlled management of the affair, preventing Hird and others from speaking freely. 
 
Only 48 hours after the blackest day press conference, the spotlight was already being focussed on the #Essendon players and coach Hird.

Thread two…ten years on from Australian #sports #BlackestDay and #Essendon’s future… While still waiting for a decision from the Court of Arbitration for Sport, the #AFL decided to draw its own line in the sand on the eve of the 204 finals series, not willing to have the saga hang over another season with all the negative headlines and associated brand damage.

Ok, friends…I wrote a story that might interest some of you regarding the blackest day in Australian sport and a decade on, whether it is time for absolution/redemption for those involved. This time the story is not on ABC, it is here as a @twitter only LONG thread😁 Remember the blackest day in Australian sport? Two federal government ministers, with the bosses of Australia’s major professional codes lined up behind them, told the Australian public they would be ‘shocked’ and ‘disgusted’ by a Crime Commission report.

The Djokovic v Minister for Home Affairs hearing begins in a few hours. Yesterday I tweeted the gist of the 35 page legal submissions from #djokovic legal team. Now follows the gist of the 13 page submission from legal team representing Minister for Home Affairs. They dispute they made any error in determining, “previous infection with COVID is not considered a contraindication for a vaccine in Australia”.

The Novak Djokovic v Minister for Home Affairs, to be held in the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia tomorrow, may become one of the most important legal cases involving sport in this country.
#djokovic #AusOpen #tennis #sportslaw Here are some takeaways from the submission put forward by #djokovic’s legal team and some of the arguments you will hear tomorrow: