The Herald Sun’s Mick Warner confirms he was denied access to an AFL Finals series after reporting on the Essendon supplements saga.
“I don’t know if it was the end of 2013 or 2014, I was denied an accreditation to the finals,” Mick told the FIVEAA sports show. “I suppose that was probably the direct result of some of the things that I was reporting on… but they pale into insignificance compared to what some other people in the game have said they’ve had to endure over the years.”
“I wouldn’t call it support of Essendon, I would just call it reporting on the facts of what happened.”
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Mick reminded listeners that early in the Essendon saga it was alleged that then AFL boss Andrew Demetriou tipped off Essendon’s David Evans about the looming investigation…
“The investigation was compromised from that point on. That’s sort of what I think the AFL didn’t really like being explored,” Mick said.
“A lot of the things that came out — clearly the AFL weren’t happy about… the behind the scenes manoeuvring …”
But Mick saw the lighter side of his ban:
“Richmond weren’t in the finals, so it was no big deal.”
