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« on: November 23, 2023, 09:06:42 PM »FREESTONE F.C FACE EJECTION FROM LEAGUE
While the eyes of the international footballing community might be on the world cup in Abertone the East Moreland Premier League have today been rocked by a scandal which may see Freestone F.C ejected from the league. The club were part of a random drugs test on Monday and while no players tested positive for any banned substance the drugs testing teams, who also inspect the clubs medical records, found evidence of a systematic attempt to enhance player performance using Lugworm Haemoglobin. The substance is used in several medical forms, most notably in patients after transplants as the Haemoglobin has been noted to be a universal blood substitute that can transport 40 times more oxygen than human haemoglobin. The chemical also has an extremely short detection period of just a few hours. It has been determined that it is likely that Freestone F.C players had, on several occasions, been injected with the substance around 30 minutes before kick off as the impact is almost instant. It would have allowed them to work harder on the pitch than they normally could by allowing their blood to carry more oxygen to the muscles. The players would then play the game and should they be selected as the random player for drug testing the substance would have dissipated enough that there would be no trace of it in any test. However the substance is not routinely tested for in any case. The club deny any wrong doing however it is understood that viles of the chemical were recovered and as it is a prescribed item it was illegally held by the club, therefore Freestone Police have also become involved.
Many of the vials were from OsmanTech who released a statement saying. "We have no knowledge of how Freestone F.C would have acquired the items in question. We provide top quality extracts of this haemoglobin to health care providers but once delivered it is out of our control over how they distribute it. We would however withhold sales to any individual or company that circumvented the prescription process." Jessica Osman, who is the companies CEO, added "We have always tried to be ethical and we shall co-operate with any investigation by the national F.A or the Police. This product is not intended for any non-medical purpose and actually if a controlled blood doping programme has taken place they have denied supplies to legitimate medical outlets."
The club have so far declined to comment however the F.A have said that the clubs games will be allowed to continue until an investigation is completed however all members of the clubs medical staff have been suspended from "footballing activities" by the F.A. In addition a F.A obeserver will be present in the Freestone F.C squad to ensure no blood doping is taking place. Should the club be found to have carried out a systematic doping programme they are likely to have their licence to operate as a club withdrawn which will see them unable to complete the season. Alternatively if it is found to be more isolated then the club could face a two point deduction for each case discovered. Currently Freestone sit 2nd in the National Division which is the 2nd tier of East Moreland football. They have no players in the current world cup squad.