Essendon was trending worldwide this morning and that's how I ended up finding out about it, so it's definitely news (and any time I check Australia trends it's being discussed.) Do you think public pressure had anything to do with it? I can't imagine the optics of Essendon winning the flag would have been very good for the league. Also, didn't the Bombers give themselves up to the AFL? I haven't been able to read up too much into this because I haven't seen this weekend's games (tough with the time difference) so I didn't want those to be spoiled. Too bad my Eagles got smoked last week and missed a chance to really get back into this now that 9th will make the finals.
Also, how does someone from Australia become a Nats fan? 
They informed the league of what they did, the whole saga has dominated the media, and frankly i am sick of it - stopped caring months ago.
I am a huge nats fan, the guys here have been very kind to me over the years and unfortunately i can't post as much as i once was in gameday threads and the like.
I got into baseball around 4-5 years ago maybe a little longer now, mainly because i wanted a sport to be on at work - the nats were my chosen team purely because they sucked and i wanted to watch them rise - so here i am
