Let us test the case against Ryan Crowley and Essendon for suspect arguments.

1. He's a drug cheat? No, he is a player who was suspended for taking a specified substance. That suspension has expired. He is free to play football again. If you disagree with that, then you must also have disagreed with Collingwood's signing of Andrew Krakouer in 2011 after a jail term. You must have disagreed that Ben Cousins was allowed to play football again after being stood down by the AFL for 12 months.

Strictly speaking, you must disagree with the return of any banned player as long as the stigma of his offence remains. You must have demurred that Luke Hodge captained Hawthorn to the premiership again last season after serving a late-season two-week suspension for a dangerous bump on Chad Wingard.