Ben Cousins is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for West Coast and Richmond in the Australian Football League (AFL).During his 12-year, 238-game career with West Coast, he won several of the league's highest individual awards, including a Brownlow Medal, Most Valuable Player and a premiership medallion. Cousins' football career was marred by highly publicised off-field incidents involving recreational drug use, traffic convictions and association with criminal elements. On several occasions he was fined or sanctioned by West Coast, culminating in his contract's termination in October 2007.The following month, he was banned from AFL for one year by the AFL Commission for "bringing the game into disrepute.
Post-football, Cousins continued to struggle with his drug addiction and have run-ins with the law, and in 2017 he received a 12-month prison sentence for a variety of offences.
As fans of sport ourselves, all content creators at the mid-season slump enjoy high quality sports writing. Thats why we read the Athletic, to try it for a month free yourself just click the following link https://adtr.co/pMzLPL
If you wish to support the show please see the below Link:
https://app.redcircle.com/shows/ef4c7ed4-4211-4660-a6a9-9a834ba89440/donations
Make sure to leave a review wherever you find this podcast and make sure to follow the Mid-season Slump on Instagram to find out more about some of the pieces we put together or alternatively check out our Website https://www.themid-seasonslump.com/
