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Thompson: we don’t have to front hearing

The AFL has backed down on some, if not all, its charges against Essendon going before a commission hearing next Monday.

The AFL is refusing to comment on media reports that it has deferred the charges.

Essendon officials were also unavailable for comment.

But Essendon assistant coach Mark Thompson confirmed on Monday night that he would not have to front the commission as planned on August 26.

“I’m not sure what the consequences are – we don’t have to turn up,” Corcoran told the Fox Sports AFL360 program.

“It’s not off, we have to go some time.

“Who knows where it’s going to go, every day is an adventure.”

Last Tuesday, the AFL charged Essendon, senior coach James Hird, Thompson, veteran doctor Bruce Reid and Bombers football manager Danny Corcoran over the club’s supplements scandal.

The charges relate to allegations of conduct unbecoming and bringing the game into disrepute.

Hird’s advisers had set a deadline of 5pm on Monday for the AFL to not go ahead with the August 26 hearing or face legal action.

Last Friday, AFL chief executive Andrew Demetriou said the league hoped to make the charge details public early this week.

Demetriou also admitted last Friday that the AFL’s planned disciplinary action against Essendon could drag on well after August 26.

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