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A last-ditch appeal has failed to overturn the AFL doping bans stemming from the Essendon supplements debacle. Rashaad Penny Hoodie .The Swiss Federal Tribunal has ruled against the 34 current and past Bombers players who launched the appeal.They were challenging the Court of Arbitration for Sport ruling in February that went against the players.It meant 17 players, including 12 at Essendon, were banned from playing this season.The appeal was the last legal step in the official anti-doping process.With the appeal over, the AFL commission can now go ahead with its landmark hearing that decides whether Essendon star Jobe Watson keeps his 2012 Brownlow Medal.Watson is one of the banned players and the supplements regime at Essendon that led to the bans operated during the 2012 season.The AFL announced the hearing after the CAS verdict in February, but postponed it until the Swiss appeal verdict.The likelihood is that the commission will take the unprecedented step of stripping Watson of his Brownlow.Richmond captain Trent Cotchin and Hawthorn veteran Sam Mitchell finished joint runners-up behind Watson in the 2012 Brownlow voting.Watson was the last of the banned players to confirm he would return to playing and he is now back at Essendon.The banned players still at AFL clubs have now returned to training, with some restrictions.When he made his announcement on September 23, Watson said he was not thinking about the prospect of losing the Brownlow.If you spend your life living in that world of speculation, you miss the moment, and Ive removed myself from it and Ive just lived in moments, and that was liberating for me, he said.(The Brownlow) doesnt define me.The AFL Players Association, Essendon and the AFL were yet to comment publicly on Tuesday night about the Swiss appeal verdict.It was immediately unclear when the commission hearing about Watsons Brownlow would now go ahead.Watson has been invited to speak to the commission.In May, AFL chief executive Gillon McLachlan admitted there was a collective feeling of dread about having to make the call on Watsons Brownlow.I think the people charged with the responsibility of making that decision will not have made a more difficult decision - not just in their time in football, but almost in their lives, he said.I dont want to over-dramatise it, but that will be as hard a decision as anyone on the commission has had to make, Im sure of it.Apart from Watsons Brownlow, another issue yet to be resolved from the long-running supplements saga is the banned players negotiations with Essendon over financial compensation.The Essendon supplements saga is the biggest scandal in AFL history.Bombers coach James Hird was suspended for a season because of it.He returned to the job, but was sacked late last season.The AFL banned Essendon from playing in the 2013 finals at the same time it suspended Hird.The doping bans meant the Bombers makeshift team finished last this season.An AFL anti-doping tribunal initially cleared the 34 players after an ASADA investigation.But WADA took the case to CAS and won, leading to the Swiss appeal. 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CHENEY, Wash. -- Beau Baldwin could not remember ever being a part of a playoff shutout.In college football these days that doesnt happen, Baldwin, the Eastern Washington coach, said.His Eagles came close last week, when they held Central Arkansas scoreless after the first quarter. But Saturday, Gage Gubrud finished 21 for 32 for 287 yards and three touchdowns, all three in the first half, to lead the second-seeded Eagles past Richmond 38-0 in the FCS quarterfinals on Saturday.EWU forced five turnovers and scored on all five trips to the red zone.Samson Ebukam finished with eight tackles (four for loss), an interception and a forced fumble and Cooper Kupp had six receptions for 128 yards and a touchdown for the Eagles. Kupp became college footballs all-time leading receiver with 6,284 yards, passing Chris George of NAIA Glenville State (1991-1994).Richmond fumbled four times in the first half and Eastern Washington went up 21-0 at halftime.I dont think Ive been a part of a playoff shutout in my life, let alone if you really think about it thats seven quarters of scoreless football by our defense, Baldwin said.The Eagles (12-1) scored first midway through the first quarter when Gubrud found Nsimba Webster for a 7-yard touchdown pass. The touchdown came eight plays after EWU safety Mitch Fettig forced a fumble at the Spiders 45-yard line.Gubrud hit Kupp for 68 yards after eluding a safety after a Spiders punt pinned Eastern on its 8. Kupp left the game momentarily after being hit, then returned to catch a 20-yard touchdown pass to put the Eagles up 14-0 with 7:45 left in the second quarter.One play after Jonah Jordan recovered an unforced Richmond fumble at opposing 23 Gubrud hit Shaq Hill for a touchdown with 5:35 to go in the half.Four of five Richmond first half drives ended in a fumble.I felt we had a good plan for the game on both sides of the ball. Early on we really couldnt get a break, we turned the ball over four times in the firrst half, Richmond coach Danny Rocco said. Authentic Seahawks Hoodies. When it was all said and done I think it was a little too much to ever really overcome.The Eagles scored twice on the ground in the second half, one from Jabari Wilson and the other from Antoine Custer Jr.Offensively on a day thats tough, its cold, were just executing and taking care of the football, grinding out drives, hitting plays when we need to, Baldwin said. Sometimes when youre up 21-0 it can be really easy to take, not purposefully, a little gasp and wait for the game to finish and our offense went right down and scored on that first drive of the second half.Richmond quarterback Kevin Johnson went 20 for 31 for 157 yards and an interception. He was sacked six times in his third start. Johnson burned a redshirt on the last game of the regular season after the Spiders starter Kyle Lauretta suffered a season-ending knee injury,BIG PICTURERichmond: The Spiders (10-4) are one of three FCS schools to play in the quarterfinals in each of the last two season. The Eagles are the second Big Sky team Richmond faced in as many weeks, as it came back from 17 down to defeat North Dakota in the second round of the playoffs.Eastern Washington: Two Eagles, senior wide receiver Cooper Kupp and sophomore quarterback Gage Gubrud, and were named Big Sky Conference co-MVPs this week. The same two led the charge Saturday. Kupp is the fourth player in conference history to be named first team all-league four years in a row.GOOSE EGGSEastern Washington shutout an opponent for the first time since Sept. 19, 2009, when it defeated Northern Colorado 16-0. The Spiders were last shutout on Oct. 9, 2010 against New Hampshire.UP NEXTEastern Washington plays Youngstown State in the FCS semifinals at Roos Field on either Friday, Dec. 16 at 4 p.m. or Saturday, Dec. 17 at 3:30 p.m. Cheap NFL HoodiesCheap Nike NFL JerseysWholesale Nike NFL JerseysWholesale Jerseys Free ShippingJerseys NFL ChinaWholesale NFL Autographed JerseysCheap Jerseys Free Shipping ' ' '
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