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Jobe Watson will find out next week if he gets to keep his Brownlow Medal, but the issue of the Essendon captaincy wont be resolved until January.Watson and all of the banned players remaining at the club - bar Heath Hocking who is attending a wedding interstate - trained with their teammates on Monday.It was the first time they were allowed to do so since their suspensions for anti-doping violations were enforced in January.Coach John Worsfold was delighted with the physical condition of the banned players but he was unable to shed much light on Watsons intentions with regard to his Brownlow Medal.The AFL commission will meet on Tuesday week to determine whether Watson is stripped of his 2012 Brownlow after he was one of 34 past and present players banned for anti-doping code violations.In all honesty I havent spoken to Jobe about it or anyone at the club, Worsfold told reporters on Monday.Its a process that they (the AFL) will run ... Im not sure how that works. Well let it run its course.Were well and truly aware that the meeting is coming up, there will be an outcome from that and then well be ready to move on.That basically finalises everything, we hope for a good outcome for Jobe in terms of the medal, but thats an unknown.It is understood Watson will be given the opportunity to make a case for keeping the medal if he doesnt choose to hand it back voluntarily before the meeting.As he did when he took over from James Hird in late 2015, Worsfold plans to put in place a leadership program before a player vote in January to decide the clubs captain and leadership group for 2017.Watson was retained as skipper before his ban came into effect, with former St Kilda veteran Brendon Goddard the stand-in captain for the 2016 season.Dyson Heppell is widely viewed as the clubs next onfield leader, but Worsfold is unsure of Watsons intentions.Im still calling him skipper out there but thats out of habit, Worsfold joked.Well train, let everyone get together, and come January Jobe may say Ive got the passion and the energy and the desire to still be in that leadership group and to lead the club.But theres no use speculating on that now because theres still too much to happen.Twelve players who were still at Essendon were banned in January, with 10 choosing to return to the club.Under the terms of their suspensions Heppell, Hocking, Michael Hurley, Brent Stanton, Cale Hooker, Ben Howlett, David Myers, Tom Bellchambers and Travis Colyer are not allowed to speak to the media in club colours until next week.Watson must wait until November 22 to do so because he took part in the AFLs international rules series. 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WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court on Monday rejected a long-shot appeal from the Washington Redskins challenging a law that bars offensive trademarks, although the justices could still resolve the same issue in another pending case.The court turned away the teams unusual request to have its case heard before a federal appeals court in Richmond, Virginia, weighs in. The Redskins are appealing the governments decision to cancel its trademarks over concerns the nickname disparages Native Americans.Redskins spokesman Tony Wyllie said the team would not comment.In a separate case, the justices will decide whether the trademark law violates the First Amendment. That case involves The Slants, an Asian-American rock band that was denied a trademark on the ground that its name disparages Asians.A federal appeals court sided with the band. The Redskins wanted both cases heard together.Both the team and the band argue that it is unconstitutional for the government to reject trademark rights for offenssive speech.ddddddddddddBand member Simon Tam has said he wanted to transform a derisive term about the shape of Asian eyes into a statement of ethnic and cultural pride. The Redskins have similarly claimed their name honors Native Americans, but the team has faced years of legal challenges from Indian groups that say the name is racist.Despite a lot of attention to the nickname and public pressure to change it, Redskins owner Dan Snyder has said he never would agree to a switch.Even without trademark protection, the Redskins can continue using their nickname. But the team could lose money by being unable to block the sale of counterfeit merchandise by suing competitors that infringe on the trademark.The team registered six trademarks including the name from 1967 to 1990.---Online:AP NFL website: www.pro32.ap.org and AP NFL Twitter feed: www.twitter.com/AP-NFL ' ' '