The AFL commission will meet next week to decide whether to strip Watson of his medal or not, given he was yesterday found guilty of taking a banned substance in 2012.

Watson and other relevant parties will be asked to address the Commission meeting before it makes a decision.

Watson claimed the AFL's highest individual honour in a year in which the Bombers ran their injecting and supplements program under Stephen Dank.

The champion midfielder was found to have been given thymosin beta-4, a banned peptide.

The support for Watson to keep the medal in the lead up to the decision was strong with Essendon chairman Lindsay Tanner stating:

“Whatever the outcome of the CAS process, I don’t believe it should cast any doubt over Jobe Watson’s Brownlow Medal.

“In my view, the responsibility for all of these issues lies with the club, not the individual players.”

But then again, he was most likely still at an advantage due to the substances in his system.

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