Always a difficult judgement to make but in this case a wrong one in my opinion



Is the ban from now or the start of the season ?

RIP Common Sense...

As an Asthma sufferer i can state that it does give you a bit of help when doing any kind of athletic activity but not enough to give you that much of an advantage.



The people who decided on this punishment should be ashamed of themselves.

speechless

And there we have it! If you have asthma and wish to take part in any competitive sport, forget it!

Hate to be paranoid but were Dean Gaskill playing for a top SL club would this be happening now?

With the amount of 'party powder' that apparently gets consumed at that level, I very much doubt it... I'm sure Hock isn't the only one that's partial to a bit of sniff at the weekend.

Just read about this, what a total joke.



I have the exact same inhaler and believe me, if you dont take a suck on it when required, you cant breathe !



End of !



RL = Buffoons.

Damn right there mate.

Would've thought thats a guarenteed. These things only come out once the players are caught, e.g Hock and andrew johns.



Plus the Rugby league only test urine, not blood, this allows player to take growth hormone as opposed to steroids as it doesn't show up. One SL player i know quite well says he suspects the use of growth hormone in the game is rife aswell as recreational drugs.



If Gaskells ban starts now I suppose it doesn't really matter, still a poor decision though.

absolutly daft but the only reason the guidelines are there are because people abuse it because the propeties of some inhalers can be used as masking agents as the tests are classed void if ashtma is involved

Ridiculous decision! Surely they (the RFL) should be capable of applying common sense somewhere?! The alternative of the lad not taking sufficient dosage, and then playing, does not bear thinking about!