AFL can tell club under doping cloud

AFL boss Andrew Demetriou knows which club the rogue doper played for. Picture: Wayne Ludbey Source: Herald Sun

UPDATE: THE AFL has been given permission to notify a second club it has a player under investigation for possibly taking performance enhancing drugs.

The Australian Crime Commission said in a statement this afternoon:

"Following a request from the Australian Football League (AFL) and National Rugby League (NRL), I have granted permission for both codes to confidentially notify the specific clubs within their respective codes that were identified in Project Aperio.

"Once notified, a club may choose to make it publically known that they have been notified.

"The Australian Crime Commission can not name clubs and individuals, as they are protected under Section 60 of the Australian Crime Commission Act 2002 which protects the rights of persons against reputational damage and the right to a fair trial.''

Earlier the AFL said it knew what club the league's rogue drug taker belonged to, but did not know who he is nor could it tell the club in question.

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AFL chief executive Andrew Demetriou said it is up to the club in question to reveal information to the public if it chooses to.

"You have to understand that the ACC with their extraordinary coercive powers, they may have already spoken to the club for all we know, they may have already spoken to the player, I don't know that,'' Demetriou said.

"That's entirely up to that club (to then come forward). I don't know whether they have spoken to the ACC and I don't know if the player has spoken to the ACC.

"I think it's very important in the light of the uncertainty that ASADA conducts its investigations ... as it would normally, to do it diligently, that we co-operate with them, that the club and player in question co-operate with them and it's dealt with so that everyone knows who that player is and they're dealt with under the WADA code.''

Demetriou admitted that due to the ongoing investigation a player suspected of performance enhancing drug taking may play in this month's NAB Cup.

"There is that chance,'' he said.

"But in normal circumstances if a player had tested positive to performance enhancing drugs ASADA would be conducting its investigation in private, confidentially, we wouldn't know about it.

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 "And there's a potential that that player would be playing in that situation and if they are found to be guilty of taking performance enhancing drugs they will be dealt with under the WADA code.

 "And it's the same here, the only difference is this is being done in public.

"We understand the concern that people, our supporters, our corporate partners and others would have on this issue, but what I can assure you ... is that at the moment this relates to two cases, one, which you know is Essendon, and the other is one player at one club.''

Demetriou didn't try to downplay the magnitude of the ongoing crisis, but insisted he had complete faith in the code he runs his eye over.

"At this stage the AFL is only aware of two specific cases where WADA prohibited performance enhancing drugs have been used in the AFL,'' he said.

"We've already discussed the situation with the Essendon Football Club which is undergoing investigation and there is one other player at a club, whose identity we don't know, who will be investigated by ASADA.

"So this is not a widespread problem in our code. Have faith in the game and come along and watch your football team play because the AFL has been at the forefront of (eliminating) performance enhancing drugs.''

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