Still no athlete charged. Which Minister will be sacked? I have been astonished that so many leading sports writers couldn't see through the stunt, and couldn't distinguish between allegation and proof. As I wrote in February: IT IS mad, how recklessly some politicians last week trashed the reputation of Australian sport. Don't blame athletes or officials for making sports codes seem riddled with "endemic corruption" - from rampant drug use to match-fixing and gangsters. Blame instead the Gillard Government and commentators who on Thursday ballyhooed a desperately thin Australian Crime Commission report. So five months after that press conference, how many athletes have been charged over drug use, matchfixing or organised crime? And now this, about the club under most scrutiny: ESSENDON'S players will not face ASADA sanction from its use of AOD-9604, it was claimed last night. It was claimed last night, and later confirmed by Essendon sources, the club inquired to anti-doping body ASADA about its players taking the drug in early 2012 and was told it was not a prohibited substance... Essendon has previously refused to comment on reports that a leading ASADA investigator told them on May 6 this year: ""I don't believe it (AOD-9604) should ever have been on the prohibited list."" The Dons were allegedly told by ASADA the prospects of a prosecution for the use of AOD-9604 was ""very, very, very low"." So which Minister will be sacked for causing such terrible and needless damage to the reputation of Australian sport and to the good name of some of Australia's most famous clubs?