The AFL announce new measures to their Integrity Commission to catch drug cheats including more investigators and more drug testing.
AFL boss Andrew Demetriou is adamant that cheating of any form in the AFL will not be accepted and you will be caught.
North Melbourne vice-captain and AFLPA board member Drew Petrie is shocked by the revelations by the ACC and welcomes the investigation.
Government ministers and the heads of Australian sporting codes are talking tough about widespread criminal elements in sport.
AFL chief executive Andrew Demetriou and AFL Commission Chairman Mike Fitzpatrick address the media after the Australian Crime Commission released a report on drugs and organised crime in Australian sport. Source: Herald Sun
THE AFL has declared war on drug-takers and pushers as part of an unprecedented crackdown on criminals infiltrating the sport.
An emergency AFL Commission meeting yesterday fast-tracked a host of reforms to its drug code.
The league will require the name of every drug and/or supplement that is given to players by medical and sports science staff at the 18 clubs.
All club personnel will have background checks ordered and a whistleblower unit will be set up.
Responding to yesterday's Australian Crime Commission report, AFL chairman Mike Fitzpatrick and chief executive Andrew Demetriou refused to share evidence of doping in the AFL, saying they were bound by confidentiality.
They said they were not aware of the number of players or clubs who had been identified by the ACC.
"We're not sure if it's a couple of individuals or more widespread at this stage, but we're going to find out," Fitzpatrick said.
Fitzpatrick said combating doping was the game's major priority.
"We feel the WADA testing was relatively successful to about 12 months ago, and it's become clear today it's not," he said.
"We're looking at moving as quickly as we can to make the sure the integrity, the fairness of the competition is reinforced.
"Our view is we're going to clean up the sport as quickly as we can."
It's understood the ACC has extracted information from criminal elements, and that at least one person central to the Essendon drugs scandal has been spoken to by the ACC.
Demetriou described yesterday as a "wake-up call", and that the AFL and the NRL - identified as the codes with the biggest integrity issues - needed greater resources to combat cheats.
"It would be fair to say after today there will be people at all of our clubs, working at all different levels, which would include players, that will have had a wake-up call," he said.
Adelaide Crows captain Nathan van Berlo surprised at the revelations revealed by the Australian Crime Commission.
"With this scrutiny they will be thinking, what should I do.
"I will say this, if you are out there and you think that you can run the gauntlet of cheating in this system, whether to be with the salary cap or the use of performance enhancing drugs, gambling etc, make no mistake you will be caught."
The AFL's strategy will be outlined to the four major heads of footy clubs - the chairman, the coach, the chief executive and football operations manager - who will be required to attend the AFL over the coming week.
The AFL reforms include:
A REVAMPING of the AFL's integrity unit, which includes more investigators, more technology, more intelligence gathering capabilities and more testing.
AN AUDIT of every club's use of supplements and other treatments.
THE AFL's medical officers to meet club doctor to review their practices and the use of external practitioners.
MANDATORY reporting of doping activity or when players are approached to take drugs.
REGISTRATION of all club staff, pointedly sports science staff and and high performance managers.
BACKGROUND checks on all club staff.
A WHISTLEBLOWER unit to help catch crooks.
Demetriou would not comment on the Essendon issue, but stressed some drugs were undetectable under current drug testing procedures.
"There are drugs out there not even approved for human use yet that are being trialled," he said.
Fitzpatrick said the game needed protecting from "insidious elements".
"Today's news from the Australian Crime Commission has shown us all Australian sport is not immune from the problems sport overseas have faced," he said.
"The world has changed and we have to respond to it."
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