Essendon call in AFL and ASADA to investigate the club's training regime and suppliments given to players.
Victory University Institute of Sport's Simon Outram chats to Fox Sports News about the use of performance-enhancing drugs in light of the Essendon stimulant scandal.
The Bombers make their way up the race before a match last season. Picture: Colleen Petch Source: Herald Sun
Artwork: David Mcarthur Source: Herald Sun
ESSENDON players and officials can be penalised under the AFL's Anti-Doping Code even if they were not aware banned substances were being used.
AFL boss Andrew Demetriou said last night: "There are no excuses."
The football world was rocked yesterday by a confession from Essendon that it had called on the AFL and the Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority to investigate possible inappropriate use of supplements by players.
The club last night stood down high performance manager Dean "The Weapon" Robinson, pending the outcome of investigations.
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Performance scientist Stephen Dank, known as "The Pharmacist", worked with Robinson at Gold Coast Suns.
He advised Robinson when Robinson was at Geelong, but left Essendon last year after dissatisfaction with his performance.
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Robinson was recruited to the Bombers on the recommendation of assistant coach Mark Thompson. The pair had worked together in the Cats' premierships years of 2007 and 2009, Thompson as coach.
The Bombers denied knowledge of the use of banned performance-enhancing substances, but Demetriou stressed that would not save them if found guilty.
It emerged players had been given injections last year away from the club's Windy Hill headquarters.
Some players allegedly were asked to sign waiver forms surrounding the use of supplements.
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Demetriou first discussed the revelations with Essendon on Monday before club chairman David Evans and chief executive Ian Robson met AFL integrity officer Brett Clothier and league No.2 Gillon McLachlan yesterday.
"This is a minefield ... we've received information that's concerned us," Evans said.Calling for calm on a potentially disastrous day for the Bombers and the AFL, Demetriou said rules were strict.
The Bombers make their way up the race before a match last season. Picture: Colleen Petch Source: Herald Sun
Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority regulations mirror the World Anti-Doping Authority standard - players and officials can face up to a two-year ban for a first offence.
"Under the ASADA rules, whether you knew or not it's no excuse ... they are the WADA rules," Demetriou said. "Under the rules, the way they are structured at the moment, which all world sport has to follow, they apply to officials and under our rules they can apply to a club.
"In relation to WADA, when it comes to rules, and the rules are pretty specific, and other people have abused them ... but these guys get educated every year and they know before they ingest anything or take anything, and if you have any doubt, you ring the hotline or ring your doctor."
Demetriou would not speculate on possible bans.
"People should not jump to conclusions," he said.
"They have just started the investigation. They don't know what they have taken or alleged to have taken. They don't know the composition, and they don't even know if they have broken any WADA rules.
"They have come forward, so I think they are entitled to the benefit of the doubt."
The AFL Players' Association last night backed the AFL-ASADA inquiry.
"Clubs providing players with supplements and directions as to their players' training requirements have a significant responsibility and, in our view, any concerns regarding the nature of such directions ought to be treated with the utmost seriousness," chief executive Matt Finnis said.
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