Ben Cousins receive HUGE news about his AFL Hall of Fame chances after 素晴らしい 回復 from life of 麻薬s and 犯罪の 有罪の判決

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The AFL?has made its 決定／判定勝ち（する） on whether former West Coast Eagles bad boy Ben Cousins will be 適格の for induction into the Hall of Fame in 2024.

The 首相の職 勝利者 and All Australian undoubtedly has the playing 信任状 to 達成する the league's highest honour, but his 井戸／弁護士席-文書d 戦う／戦いs with booze, 麻薬s and his 犯罪の past have held him 支援する to date.

That 含むs a 有罪の判決 for stalking his ex-partner, which saw him spend seven months in 刑務所，拘置所 in 2020.

Cousins has turned his life around in a big way in 最近の years, appearing healthy, clean and sober and 選ぶing up a new 職業 as a television news presenter in his home town of Perth?and tipped to appear on Seven's Dancing with the 星／主役にするs.

However those 成果／努力s have not swayed the AFL, with Cousins 支配するd out of 論争 for the 2024 inductions and 報道によれば not 始める，決める to be considered for several more years.?

Next month, the hall of fame will welcome new members, with former Hawth orn 十分な-今後 Jason Dunstall 存在 促進するd to Legend status.?

Ben Cousins had many troubled years during and after his playing career but has cleaned himself up and is a picture of health in 2024

The West Coast Eagles 首相の職 勝利者 would walk into the AFL Hall of Fame, but has been held 支援する because of his off-field 活動／戦闘s

Cousins had long-running 戦う／戦いs with 麻薬s and alcohol and was 手渡すd a 有罪の判決 and 刑務所，拘置所 time for stalking his former partner

Inductees are chosen partly based on their character, and the hall of fame has updated its 支配するs to 許す for the 除去 or 中断 of members ? a 決定／判定勝ち（する） 誘発するd by Barry Cable's 民事裁判所 有罪の判決 for child 性の 乱用.

However, にもかかわらず 最近の AFL 活動／戦闘s to 演説（する）／住所 暴力／激しさ against women, 含むing a moment's silence and 関係者s linking 武器, The Age has 報告（する）／憶測d that Cousins was not considered for induction into the hall of fame even before these events.?

The p rocess of how the AFL makes these 決定／判定勝ち（する）s is kept confidential.

It comes after the AFL 発表するd that Cousins' off-field スキャンダルs hadn't 支配するd him out of the Hall of Fame in April.

'I will say it's a joy to see Ben in the 形態／調整 he's in 権利 now, and I've seen a fair bit of him in the west,' AFL （売買）手数料，委託（する）／委員会／権限 議長，司会を務める Richard Goyder said at the time.

'I think [Cousins' 回復] is fantastic ... what I would say with Hall of Fame, and it's almost my precursor to our 委員会 discussions each year, is it's not who's in, it's who's not in.

'It's an incredibly high 妨げる／法廷，弁護士業 to be a Hall of Famer in the AFL, and it's even higher to be a Legend, so we'll look at those things in 予定 course.'

Cousins has spent time 支援する at his former club 含むing at this parents versus kids match in March

Former AFL 星／主役にする Wayne Carey was also 封鎖するd by the AFL from induction into the NSW Hall of Fame because of 告訴，告発s made against him during and after his playing career

This 決定／判定勝ち（する） comes すぐに after the AFL stopped Wayne Carey from 存在 honoured as a Legend in the NSW Australian Football Hall of Fame?because he has been （刑事）被告 of shocking behaviour に向かって women during and after his playing career.

In 2007, he was 逮捕（する）d in the US for 強襲，強姦ing a 女性（の） police officer. This （機の）カム after his then-girlfriend, Kate Neilson, （人命などを）奪う，主張するd he 攻撃する，衝突する her in the 直面する with a ワイン glass.?

He 認める to attacking and resisting Miami police b ut was not 罪人／有罪を宣告するd. Neilson chose not to 圧力（をかける） 告発（する），告訴（する）／料金s.?

'We didn't think it was the 権利 決定／判定勝ち（する）,' AFL CEO Andrew Dillon said last week.

'I called Wayne Carey earlier this morning to 知らせる him of this and he agreed that 存在 made a Legend would take away from the event and the important 焦点（を合わせる） on the 国家の 返答 to the 問題／発行する of gender-based 暴力／激しさ against women.'?