Aker and Braun settle it

[hujsh]

According to Hutchie Braun will be receiving $60,000.

40,000 from channel 7 and 20,000 from 3AW.

Acker will be getting together with Braun before the match against the Eagles on channel 7 (presumably that Friday night) where he may or may not apologize.

[ledge]

Can i ask why would he have to apologize if he never named him? It was the press that did not him.And even then was just guesswork wasnt it?

[hujsh]

Can i ask why would he have to apologize if he never named him? It was the press that did not him.And even then was just guesswork wasnt it?

Not official that Acker will apologize. Hutchie said he didn't think Acker would which would be strange. It will be interesting

[ledge]

Well if he apologizes he is admitting it was him. Maybe he will apologize because they got the wrong person? And why apologize he got 60,000 out of it, should give Aker 30,000 for doing it.

[LostDoggy]

Whats the full story here?
60K seems pretty low considering the amount of media it received at the time.
Hush money?

[GVGjr]

Whats the full story here?
60K seems pretty low considering the amount of media it reeived at the time.
Hush money?

They led out with the innuendo a bit too early and whilst it was found to be unsubstantiated he probably deserved something for his trouble. If the amount quoted is true then I think $60,000 is good coin.

[LostDoggy]

They led out with the innuendo a bit too early and whilst it was found to be unsubstantiated he probably deserved something for his trouble. If the amount quoted is true then I think $60,000 is good coin.
Yes 60K is good coin but I'd want substantially more given my name has been dragged through the mud right through Australia.

For channel 7 a 40K layout for a story that got them plenty of coverage seems a fair investment.

I think there is a lot more to it than we are made to think.

[GVGjr]

Yes 60K is good coin but I'd want substantially more given my name has been dragged through the mud right through Australia.

For channel 7 a 40K layout for a story that got them plenty of coverage seems a fair investment.

I think there is a lot more to it than we are made to think.

It's a fine balance for the channels concerned and the player. Any more would have looked like a cover up and left the player out to dry, again, as a greedy so and so.
I agree that the AFL, West Coast, Braun and the media know a bit more about this than they can share. At least this way, the case is now closed and I think Braun would be happier about that than necessarily wrangling a bit more coin from them and allowing it to go into a full investigation.

[The Underdog]

Well if he apologizes he is admitting it was him. Maybe he will apologize because they got the wrong person? And why apologize he got 60,000 out of it, should give Aker 30,000 for doing it.

I'd say Aker will apologise for making the accusations about a West Coast player in the first place which led to 7/AW accusing Braun who of course he never named as the player.
He'll apologise in a roundabout fashion even though he didn't directly name Braun.

[FrediKanoute]

Whats the full story here?
60K seems pretty low considering the amount of media it received at the time.
Hush money?

Not really, the courts are fairly reluctant to hand out HUGE payment sanyway so $60k is a commercial admittance that what Ch7 and 3AW was wrong and ome compe for that!

[Sockeye Salmon]

I'd say Aker will apologise for making the accusations about a West Coast player in the first place which led to 7/AW accusing Braun who of course he never named as the player.
He'll apologise in a roundabout fashion even though he didn't directly name Braun.

Aker never said it was a West Coast player.

The fact that Braun settled for such a trifling amount tells me Ch 7 & 3AW were on the right track and Braun is guilty as hell.

If I was wrongly accused of taking PED I'd be screaming blue murder and be wanting millions claiming lost endorsments.

[LostDoggy]

The way I see it Aker has nothing to apologise for, beacause he did nothing wrong. He never named the player he thought was on drugs and the chances are that one of the West Coast players were on drugs.

[LostDoggy]

Aker never said it was a West Coast player.

The fact that Braun settled for such a trifling amount tells me Ch 7 & 3AW were on the right track and Braun is guilty as hell.

If I was wrongly accused of taking PED I'd be screaming blue murder and be wanting millions claiming lost endorsments.

Glad it not just me that sees it that way.

[The Underdog]

Aker never said it was a West Coast player.

The fact that Braun settled for such a trifling amount tells me Ch 7 & 3AW were on the right track and Braun is guilty as hell.

If I was wrongly accused of taking PED I'd be screaming blue murder and be wanting millions claiming lost endorsments.

What with corporate Australia lining up to have Michael Braun endorse their products how could he not go for big bucks? He must have lost out on hundreds of dollars, so $60K is probably a bit disappointing.
On the other hand maybe he just wants it over and done with.
I'm pretty sure in the original article Akermanis mentioned that it was while playing WCE at the Gabba, but i could be wrong.

[westdog54]

What with corporate Australia lining up to have Michael Braun endorse their products how could he not go for big bucks? He must have lost out on hundreds of dollars, so $60K is probably a bit disappointing.
On the other hand maybe he just wants it over and done with.
I'm pretty sure in the original article Akermanis mentioned that it was while playing WCE at the Gabba, but i could be wrong.

I thought the same thing also.

Pretty sure the club were named. Definitely no player named so its irrelevant either way.

[westdog54]

Double post, feel free to delete GVG

[Sockeye Salmon]

I thought the same thing also.

Pretty sure the club were named. Definitely no player named so its irrelevant either way.

The club most certainly wasn't named.

Aker said the game was at the Gabba in the early 2000's and it was a hot day, I think he even said it was 28 deg. He said he had played on this player a few times before and this was the only time this bloke could outrun him.

There were a few games this hot at the Gabba early in the season of those years so Dylan Howard (? I think) went to the tapes and worked out that Braun was the only player in those games that met all the criteria.

[bornadog]

Will we ever know the truth?

Before the drug testing, there has to be players out there that have cheated, but they are not going to say anything.

[westdog54]

The club most certainly wasn't named.

Aker said the game was at the Gabba in the early 2000's and it was a hot day, I think he even said it was 28 deg. He said he had played on this player a few times before and this was the only time this bloke could outrun him.

There were a few games this hot at the Gabba early in the season of those years so Dylan Howard (? I think) went to the tapes and worked out that Braun was the only player in those games that met all the criteria.

I stand corrected.