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A last-ditch appeal has failed to overturn the AFL doping bans stemming from the Essendon supplements debacle.The Swiss Federal Tribunal has ruled against the 34 current and past Bombers players who launched the appeal.They were challenging the Court of Arbitration for Sport ruling in February that went against the players.It meant 17 players, including 12 at Essendon, were banned from playing this season.The appeal was the last legal step in the official anti-doping process.With the appeal over, the AFL commission can now go ahead with its landmark hearing that decides whether Essendon star Jobe Watson keeps his 2012 Brownlow Medal.Watson is one of the banned players and the supplements regime at Essendon that led to the bans operated during the 2012 season.The AFL announced the hearing after the CAS verdict in February, but postponed it until the Swiss appeal verdict.The likelihood is that the commission will take the unprecedented step of stripping Watson of his Brownlow.Richmond captain Trent Cotchin and Hawthorn veteran Sam Mitchell finished joint runners-up behind Watson in the 2012 Brownlow voting.Watson was the last of the banned players to confirm he would return to playing and he is now back at Essendon.The banned players still at AFL clubs have now returned to training, with some restrictions.When he made his announcement on September 23, Watson said he was not thinking about the prospect of losing the Brownlow.If you spend your life living in that world of speculation, you miss the moment, and Ive removed myself from it and Ive just lived in moments, and that was liberating for me, he said.(The Brownlow) doesnt define me.The AFL Players Association, Essendon and the AFL were yet to comment publicly on Tuesday night about the Swiss appeal verdict.It was immediately unclear when the commission hearing about Watsons Brownlow would now go ahead.Watson has been invited to speak to the commission.In May, AFL chief executive Gillon McLachlan admitted there was a collective feeling of dread about having to make the call on Watsons Brownlow.I think the people charged with the responsibility of making that decision will not have made a more difficult decision - not just in their time in football, but almost in their lives, he said.I dont want to over-dramatise it, but that will be as hard a decision as anyone on the commission has had to make, Im sure of it.Apart from Watsons Brownlow, another issue yet to be resolved from the long-running supplements saga is the banned players negotiations with Essendon over financial compensation.The Essendon supplements saga is the biggest scandal in AFL history.Bombers coach James Hird was suspended for a season because of it.He returned to the job, but was sacked late last season.The AFL banned Essendon from playing in the 2013 finals at the same time it suspended Hird.The doping bans meant the Bombers makeshift team finished last this season.An AFL anti-doping tribunal initially cleared the 34 players after an ASADA investigation.But WADA took the case to CAS and won, leading to the Swiss appeal. 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Betty Jane France evenly split her property and assets among her two children, Lesa France Kennedy and Brian France, and gave them control of her two trusts, according to her will.The widow of former NASCAR chairman Bill France Jr., Betty Jane France died Aug. 29. Her will, filed in Volusia County (Florida) court last week, is dated Nov. 4, 2004 -- the same date as the will signed by her husband, who was the son of NASCAR founder Bill France Sr. and died in 2007.NASCAR, a privately held company owned by the France family with Brian France serving as chairman and CEO, traditionally does not comment on its ownership structure, and a spokesman said any impact from the will on NASCAR ownership is a private matter.Documents from past lawsuits and other public filings have indicated that Lesa France Kennedy and her uncle Jim France -- who botth hold posts as NASCAR vice chairmen -- have the primary control of NASCAR.ddddddddddddThere is nothing in the Betty Jane France will, which doesnt mention NASCAR specifically, to indicate any change in that ownership structure.Lesa France Kennedy also is CEO of the publicly traded track-operating company International Speedway Corp.According to the 2016 ISC proxy statement, Betty Jane France owned 24.7 percent of the voting stock, which included her portion of the France Family Groups shares.In his will, Bill France Jr. granted all voting rights of assets of his estate to Betty Jane and Lesa. There is no mention of such assets nor such directive in Betty Janes will.Andrea Adelson contributed to this report. ' ' '