I want to coach, says Mickey O

Former Swans great Michael O'Loughlin (second from left) is keen to coach. Source: Getty Images

SYDNEY great Michael O'Loughlin wants to become the AFL's first indigenous senior coach.

O'Loughlin, a premiership forward and veteran of 303 games, said he was keen to pursue a top job.

"It's definitely something that has tickled my fancy," he said.

"You'd love to have a group of people for a few years and mould them into a good side and pass on the things you've learned over your own career, I guess."

O'Loughlin is the AIS's high-performance manager and oversees some of the brightest young football talent in the country.

He also coached the indigenous All-Stars to a resounding victory against Richmond last week, impressing seasoned onlookers, one of whom said O'Loughlin "could coach an AFL club tomorrow".

"The AIS is my priority at the moment," O'Loughlin said.

"Looking after the best 18-year-olds in the country is a pretty good job, and then we take them over to Europe, so it's a good gig.

"But (AFL coaching) is something I've got to think about over the next six months in regards to what direction I take. I've certainly made inquiries about going into clubs and all that, but we'll see what happens."

There are 69 indigenous players in the AFL this year, but the fact there is not a single indigenous coach in the system remains a burning issue.

O'Loughlin is a two-time All-Australian and AFL Indigenous Team of the Century member and one of the most respected judges of junior talent. His 303 AFL games is a Swans record.

Indigenous stars Barry Cable and Graham "Polly" Farmer were both senior coaches, but in the VFL era.
 

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Young Roos coming of age

Improving defender Shaun Atley on Tuesday. Source: Herald Sun

IN many respects Brad Scott can't do much.

He knows history tells him that a third of his list is reaching an important crossroad that will have a major bearing on his team's fate this year.

In list management speak, it's boys becoming men.

Generally, when the kids have played about 50 games the apprenticeship is seen as over.

The next step is to begin influencing the outcome of matches.

North Melbourne has 11 players on 36 to 62 games.

If even half of those make the step this year, Scott's self-confessed cranky pre-season mood will lift.

The beauty for him is that most are midfielders and given he has two guns in there already - captain Andrew Swallow and Daniel Wells - the upside is massive.

On Tuesday night at a windswept North Ballarat Oval, Scott watched Ben Cunnington show he was ready to make that step.

Several others, such as Jack Ziebell, Ryan Bastinac and Sam Wright, are  almost there.

"He played the way he has been training all season," Scott said of Cunnington,  the No.5 pick in the 2009 draft.

"He's starting to do the things he was doing in under-18 footy. We always had great confidence in Ben and all of our supporters would know that."

Scott likened Cunnington's development to that of rising star Ziebell.

"He's 12 months behind Jack Ziebell and he's pretty much tracked him identically all the way through his development," Scott said.

"So we're really looking forward to seeing them both improve this year teamed up with Andrew Swallow, Daniel Wells and Ryan Bastinac."

"The development of Robbie Tarrant (25 games) as third tall forward alongside Drew Petrie and Lachie Hansen  appears on track.

Throw in former Sydney ruckman Daniel Currie as a back-up option and there is a reason the phrase "exciting times" was on repeat by North players during their two-day community camp.
 

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AFL pushes for wire taps

AFL CEO Andrew Demetriou, left, 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. Picture: Michael Dodge Source: Getty Images

"I told you it was a bad idea to tap the coaches' box." Cartoon by David McArthur. Source: Herald Sun

THE AFL wants unprecedented access to wire taps and police surveillance in its fight against organised crime and doping in football.

The league confirmed it had intensified its lobbying of state and federal governments to change laws that block access to the findings of such investigations.

Specifically, it wants records of wire taps involving AFL players to be available to its bolstered integrity unity.

The AFL believes high-level co-operation is crucial to stop questionable links festering into illegal activities, including those raised in the explosive Australian Crime Commission sports report.

The AFL shares the Crime Commission's fears that casual relations with the wrong people have the potential to lead to integrity issues.

 AFL deputy chief executive Gillon McLachlan yesterday confirmed to the Herald Sun the push for greater information from Victoria police.

An AFL spokesman said: "In the light of the risk of corruption, the AFL believes it is vitally important to let sporting bodies work more closely with police and other agencies to protect the integrity of sport."

Current restrictions see the AFL unable to access clear evidence from Victoria Police linking players to organised crime figures.

The ACC report laid bare the danger for sportspeople to be lured into drug use - both illicit and performance-enhancing, and match-fixing.

Racing Integrity Commissioner Sal Perna is chasing similar privileges for racing and recently detailed the need for wire taps as one of the recommendations in his report into race fixing.

 Perna said yesterday: "Changes to the Telecommunications Act would have to go to the Commonwealth, but there is enough momentum ... for it to be realistically entertained and discussed.
"The Privacy Act is also relevant, but in some respects it would be about interpretations of the Privacy Act (rather than a rule change).

"Let's say a (police) telephone tap is about drug importation or organised crime and as part of that there is something relevant to a sporting body. The sportsperson might have nothing to do with that crime, but it would be information which was extremely valuable to the sporting body."

Police would have the discretion to hand over information and would ensure the information did not interfere with criminal cases or operational matters.

The AFL would need legislative changes to the Telecommunications Act to allow it to gain that information, and would also need to prove it could handle any confidential surveillance or information passed on.

The AFL would have to demonstrate to law enforcement bodies it has an effective integrity unit.

It comes as the AFL moves closer to appointing a head of integrity, which would be split from the head of football operations role the league is advertising.

The sudden departure of Adrian Anderson in December left the AFL seeking a replacement, with officials Andrew Dillon and Simon Lethlean seen as strong internal candidates.

But the expectation is the integrity side of the job will become a new position that takes in the AFL's fight to ensure the game is clean of match-fixing, drugs and organised crime links.

The new role would presumably encompass the AFL's salary cap department.

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Growth products are muscling in

Former Power player Darryl Wakelin at work as a pharmacist. Picture: Brenton Edwards Source: The Advertiser

PHARMACISTS have seen an explosion in supplements claiming to boost performance over the past few years, as athletes seek shortcuts and an edge.

And experts have warned taking legal supplements can be the gateway for experimentation of drugs bought from less reputable sources.

Port Adelaide premiership player Darryl Wakelin, who has worked as a pharmacist since retiring from the game, said it had been one of the most competitive and growing industries wanting space on chemist-shop shelves.

"It's become a huge industry," Wakelin said. "Products with images and promises of big things.

"There was a brand called Musashi about 10 years ago and it seems they were ahead of their time because they (similar products) are everywhere now.

"It's a big, competitive market that's growing even more."

But the spike in legal supplements also has the potential for a sinister side-effects, with anecdotal evidence it has become a gateway to heavier and often illegal training aides.

There is also a push and expectation among health professionals that the Therapeutic Goods Administration will soon regulate the industry more rigorously and ban claims that cannot be proven.

Among growth products are so called "fat-blasters" and protein supplements as athletes of Generation Y seek to fast-track their physical improvement.

Pharmacies are regulated by the TGA, but there are other outlets that operate according to more loosely defined guidelines.

Then there is the internet, where supplements can be imported directly.

"There's a lot of junk that comes in from Asia," Wakelin said. "And a lot of time it can be laced with steroids, even though the person buying it wouldn't know and it doesn't say on the packaging.

"But people nowadays are looking for ways to get fit quicker and without having to work as hard.

"We haven't had a big increase in scripts, but body-builders know where to get stuff from elsewhere."

University of South Australia professor of exercise and nutritional science Jon Buckley said it was a minefield of supplements for people to navigate - legal and otherwise - and called for tighter regulation.

He also recognised there had been a cultural shift, to where there was an expectation that athletes had to seek assistance outside of healthy food and exercise.

"A lot of people are looking for an easy option," Buckley said. "But there are a lot of products out there that claim that they do things without a lot of evidence."

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Bloods line under threat

Sydney Swans speedster Lewis Jetta says he's confident the premiers can be even better in 2013

Former sydney star Andrew Dunkley has become estranged from the club. Picture: Phil Hillyard Source: The Daily Telegraph

A FALLING out between Hall of Fame fullback Andrew Dunkley and the Sydney Swans could cost the club the chance of signing his talented son Josh under the AFL's father and son rule.

Dunkley has not been back to the club since he retired in 2002 and chose not to attend his own induction into the Swans' Hall of Fame two years ago.

Although Dunkley attended the 2012 grand final to cheer on his former team, unlike his two sons - Josh and Kyle - he didn't go into the Swans' rooms after the game to share in the victory celebrations.

"I don't hate the place but I've moved on," Dunkley told The Daily Telegraph.

It is understood Dunkley's animosity towards the Swans stems from the decision by then coach Paul Roos to end his stellar career at the end of 2002 as part of a rebuilding process following the Rodney Eade era.

Now, more than a decade after hanging up his red and white guernsey, the friction between Dunkley and his old club could prevent his talented son from playing in the same colours as his dad.

Former Sydney Swans AFL players Paul Roos (R) with his sons Dylan (3) & Tyler (17months) and Andrew Dunkley with daughter Lara (2) & son Joshua (7months). Picture: Tracey Haslam Source:

Asked if he had a problem with 16-year-old Josh going to the Swans under the father and son rule Dunkley said: "In a perfect world he'd get a Victorian club.

"That's being selfish because of where we live (Victoria).

"I'm not against it (going to the Swans).

"I'd prefer to see him do it on his own merits.

"I'd be happy to see him just make it to the AFL."

Josh is currently on the books of TAC Cup side the Gippsland Power and last year at the age of 15 played senior football for Sale in their premiership win in the highly regarded Gippsland Football League.

The well built teenager was vice-captain of the Victorian Country team at the under-16 national carnival and was also named in the All Australian side.

This year Josh knocked back the offer of a footballing scholarship to Melbourne Grammar School to continue playing senior football for Sale and attending Gippsland Grammar School.

The interest in Josh is genuine with the Swans keeping in contact with Dunkley senior and junior over the past 18 months.

"He's a talented young player and Kinnear Beatson (Swans' recruiting manager) and I have been monitoring his progress," Swans welfare manager Dennis Carroll said.

Dunkley played 217 games for the Bloods between 1992 and 2002.

Dunkley now lives with his family in home town of Yarram in country Victoria, where he runs a farm machinery business and a property with 900 head of cattle.

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Great Scott a Roos leader

North Melbourne defender Scott Thompson has enjoyed his hectic preseason. Picture: Michael Klein Source: Herald Sun

IT'S been a fairly hectic off-season for Scott Thompson.

The North Melbourne defender came runner-up in the best and fairest, got engaged, spent three weeks in Utah where he caught a serious staph infection, got married and then yesterday was promoted to the Roos leadership group.

That's called not wasting the summer.

Thompson is excited about his elevation to the six-man leadership team led by captain Andrew Swallow.

"As a junior I was always sort of the captain of the team at school and stuff so it's something I've always strived to be, a leader in the team," Thompson said.

"I won't be changing anything but it's going to be very exciting.

"If you look at our list, it's so young and we have probably got about 10 guys on the 40-game mark so it's really an exciting time.

"Some exciting footy was played in the second half of the year and it's a good time to be at the club.

"We have a pretty tough draw to start off so we'll know where we're at after the first eight weeks."

Thompson proposed to his girlfriend, Lauren, in October and rather than wait another 12 months, they got married in December.

"It was a shotgun wedding, but not really because she's not pregnant. We thought it was either this December or next December and we didn't want to wait around as we'd been living together for three years," he said.

North's midfield shines in hitout

The day before he left the Roos' training camp in Utah, Thompson got a small cut inside his nose. By the time he got home that had developed into a serious infection needing hospital treatment.

"My face was all blown up and it was only a few days out from the wedding so it was an anxious time but it all worked out in the end," he said.

After stringing together 86 games, Thompson, 26, missed two games for the first time last year.

"It was the first two games I've ever missed in my life," he said. "It was a back-related tight hamstring and I was pretty disappointed to miss those two.

"I thought I was right for the second one but they wouldn't let me.

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Anzac Day game investigation

"We obviously won't train properly, it's all about recovery; it's all about the high performance guys, we will leave the guys in their hands." - James Hird before Anzac Day, 2012 Source: Herald Sun

ESSENDON'S rushed preparations for last year's Anzac Day game against Collingwood will come under close scrutiny by anti-doping investigators.

The Bombers had a 94-hour turnaround between their match against Carlton on April 21 and the Magpies clash on April 25.

The recovery period was managed by fitness staff Dean Robinson and Stephen Dank.

A source said yesterday: "The whole season will be scrutinised but heavy scrutiny will be on the period leading up to Anzac Day."

The Bombers beat Carlton by 30 points and lost to Collingwood by a point.

The activities of Dank and Robinson, which included the use of injections and intravenous drips, are at the centre of an Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority investigation into the possible use of performance-enhancing drugs by the club last year.

In the lead-up to Anzac Day, coach James Hird said about the four-day turnaround: "We obviously won't train properly, it's all about recovery; it's all about the high performance guys, we will leave the guys in their hands."

They made one change for Anzac Day - Michael Hurley out, Jake Carlisle in.

Hird said after the Blues game "there would be five or six that probably won't get up for the Collingwood game in four days time".

The Herald Sun is not suggesting Bombers players did use performance-enhancing drugs and Dank has strongly denied anything inappropriate was administered.

Calls to sack Hird off the mark

But if proved, a ban of six months to two years can be levied at players, even if use was without their knowledge.

Spotlight moves to the coaches

Club chiefs told the players' parents on Monday night that, in their knowledge, banned drugs were not given to the players.

Buckley wants more specifics

Parents were told the club had documented each and every supplement supplied to players during the season.

Those electronic documents will be given to ASADA.

Essendon boss Ian Robson responds to calls for heads to roll following Stephen Dank's interview last night.

As the Bombers prepare to open all aspects of their club to the ASADA inquiry, it can be revealed:

HIRD and assistant coach Mark Thompson had a disagreement over Robinson in December.

DANK had his authority curbed about halfway through last season.

ESSENDON continued its supplement program while Dank took a back seat. He left the club at the end of the year.

The Thompson-Hird disagreement is understood to have centred on whether Robinson should continue as high-performance manger.

Hird wanted a review of the position and Thompson wanted Robinson to continue.

Sponsorship standoff hurting clubs

That Robinson had two years to run on a contract worth up to $300,000 a year helped sway the decision to continue with Robinson, although his suspension after the announcement of the ASADA inquiry suggests his career at Essendon is over.

Dank last week told the Herald Sun he had not given players banned drugs.

The Bombers are bracing for a forensic examination of their supplement regimen including what was administered and the amount.

Coaches, players and support staff will be interviewed. Clubs officials refused to comment yesterday on the investigation.

Coach James Hird (back on) instructs the team as a group during an Essendon training session at Tullamarine last week. Picture: Hamish Blair Source: Herald Sun

WINDY HELL: ESSENDON'S PRE-SEASON WOES
LATE NOVEMBER, 2012
Essendon denies to the Herald Sun that it has concerns over its sports science department after sacking sports scientist Stephen Dank.

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 4
Essendon again denies to the Herald Sun that it has an issue in its sports science department, particularly around performance-enhancing supplements.

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 5
Essendon holds a press conference at AFL House where it announces it has asked the AFL and Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority to investigate the club over concerns players may have been unknowingly given supplements that do not comply with the WADA code. It is revealed that Bombers players received off-site injections of supplements in the stomach.

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 6
Dank denies to the Herald Sun that he gave Essendon players banned supplements, feared to be banned peptides.

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 7
- The ACC, Federal Government and a coalition of major sporting bodies front a press conference in Canberra as the ACC releases a report saying performance-enhancing drug use is widespread in Australian sport and that there is also of links to organised crime and concern about match-fixing.

- The AFL Commission holds an extraordinary meeting and announces that the league's integrity department will be beefed up.

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 10
AFL second in command Gillon McLachlan confirms the league has been made aware that a player at a second club is also under investigation for possible use of performance-enhancing drugs.

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 11
- The AFL refuses to alert the second club on the advice of its lawyers.

- The 17 clubs other than Essendon tell the Herald Sun that they have not been contacted by the ACC or the AFL in relation to the matter.

- Dank appears on ABC TV and declares some Essendon coaches had taken WADA-banned supplements.

- He again denies administering banned drugs to players.

YESTERDAY
- Sources close to Essendon say they expect heavy scrutiny over the short turnaround between Round 3 win over Carlton and the Anzac Day clash.

- It emerges Hird and Thompson in December had a disagreement over whether Robinson should stay at the Dons, Hird pushing for his departure.

WHERE THE INVESTIGATION STANDS
- ASADA and AFL investigators will interview all Essendon players and officials, as well as other relevant parties.

- Samples taken during the 2012 season likely to be flown to Cologne for special testing for peptides.

- Electronic and other records relating to supplement program will be examined.

- Details about investigations into the second club remain unknown.

WHAT THE MAIN PLAYERS SAY
JAMES HIRD, COACH
"I'm shocked to be sitting here. As a coach, I take full responsibility for what happens in our footy department. It's my belief we've done everything right." - February 5

DAVID EVANS, CHAIRMAN
"This is a minefield ... we've received information that's concerned us." - February 5

STEPHEN DANK, FORMER BOMBERS SPORTS SCIENTIST
On what the Bombers' hierarchy knew: "There was a very significant involvement from Dean (Robinson) as the high-performance manager, there was detailed discussion with James Hird, there was detailed discussion with the club doctor (Bruce Reid). They were sort of the main people involved in the knowledge of the program."

On coaches taking supplements: "A couple of coaches were using supplements that were a little bit outside the WADA code but, again, they were entitled to it and nothing illegal in those". - February 11

ANDREW DEMETRIOU, AFL CHIEF EXECUTIVE
"Under the ASADA rules whether you knew or not it's no excuse . . . they are the WADA rules." - February 5

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Cats now short of talls

Geelong ruckman Hamish McIntosh will miss three weeks after minor knee surgery. Picture: Michael Klein Source: Herald Sun

GEELONG is taking a long-term view on ruckman Hamish McIntosh, whose start to the season is threatened by a knee injury.

McIntosh will be out for about three weeks after having surgery this week on the same knee that limited his season to only seven games at North Melbourne last year.

Cats coach Chris Scott said yesterday the surgery was only minor.

"He understood and we understood that it wasn't going to be smooth sailing with Hamish," Scott said.

"He came in with an existing injury that was significant. There was always a little bit of a risk taking him and we accepted there might be some minor setbacks.

"We're still extremely confident that over the medium-term, a period of years, he's going to be a very valuable acquisition."

Scott said arthroscopic surgery to remove fluid from the back of McIntosh's knee was "loosely related" to his problems last year.

"It's the same knee, different problem. Very minor though, something that the surgery can fix quite quickly, the surgeon tells us," he said.

"He could have put up with some discomfort for a long time or we could have nipped it in the bud and tried to give him some relief short-term, so we think that's going to be the best outcome for him."

With Dawson Simpson also out after back surgery and young ruckman Nathan Vardy not making the trip to Perth this weekend for the Cats' NAB Cup opener, Geelong's ruck stocks look thin.

"Two ruckmen who aren't in ideal shape right at the moment is a little bit concerning," Scott said.

"We'll take a couple of rookie ruckmen over (to Perth), plus Trent West.

"It's almost vindication for our policy of having four ruckmen on our list. It's not ideal having a couple injured but we do have some cover."

Scott also ruled out James Kelly and Paul Chapman for the trip west, but said Jimmy Bartel and Travis Varcoe would be among a large squad for the weekend.

Kelly had post-season surgery on his hip, but has been back in full training, and Bartel was wearing a moonboot at the end of the season.

Varcoe played only one game last year, his season ruined by a foot injury.

"He's had a lot of bad luck in the last year and a half and he's starting to look really good on the track," Scott said.

"I think he's just keen to get out and play a real game. He's trained well and he's looked good on the track, but it doesn't mean much until you can put that good form into practice on the field in a real game."

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Buckley wants the specifics

Collingwood coach Nathan Buckley says the cloud over players, and the lack of information filtering down to clubs is tarnishing the sport.

Essendon boss Ian Robson responds to calls for heads to roll following Stephen Dank's interview last night.

Clean: Collingwood players are addressed by coach Nathan Buckley on the track yesterday. Picture: Rob Leeson Source: Herald Sun

COLLINGWOOD coach Nathan Buckley says players' reputations are being tarnished by a "frustrating" lack of detail supporting claims they are using illegal substances.

After reviewing supplement programs back to 2002 yesterday, Collingwood is "very" confident it is clean.

The AFL has confirmed Essendon, and one player from another club, are under investigation by the Australian Sports Anti Doping Authority.

Buckley yesterday said the vagueness of the Australian Crime Commission's findings was damaging football.

"It is yet to be proven about Essendon's situation and we need to wait for the facts to understand that," Buckley said.

"But I wouldn't think it (performance-enhancing drug use) would be wide-spread and I think all of us have seen it watered down as the time has gone on over the last week or so.

"To the point where there is an element of frustration in that, 'OK, if you are going to make those claims, be specific about them because you have tarnished the sport and brought individuals of great quality and reputation into disrepute'.

"That's not good for the code and we need to fix it."

Calls to sack Hird off the mark

Buckley said "as a sports fan, as much as a coach, I want answers" about performance-enhancing drug use in the AFL, but was happy Collingwood's supplement program was clean.

Spotlight moves to the coaches

"We take TGA-approved substances and proteins and carbohydrates ... all that are well-recognised brands that have all got the rubber stamp," he said.

"We are not a club that lives in the grey area. We believe that there is plenty of one-percenters to be found in things that are in our control and that are quite mundane."

A long time friend of Essendon coach James Hird, Buckley yesterday expressed sympathy for his Bombers' counterpart, amid calls for Hird to resign due to the doping authority probe.

"I can't imagine how he would feel," Buckley said.

"I'm sure he would never have contemplated it, even in his darkest times. But I'm sure with his qualities he will navigate the club through."

Geelong coach Chris Scott says the decision-making processes used at the Cats mean they have nothing to worry about, concerning the ACC investigation into drugs and organised crime in sport.

The AFL has also warned clubs about the lurking danger of outlaw bikies mixing with players.

Buckley said clubs must guard against association with the underworld .

"The majority of people who are involved in footy are of good character," he said.

"But when you are as big as we are there are going to be people who take short cuts."

Geelong coach Chris Scott also called for patience.

"As a competition, we've got to suck it up and just ride it out," he said. 

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Spotlight moves to the coaches

Stephen Dank's allegations likely to widen investigation. Source: The Daily Telegraph

ASADA is likely to investigate allegations Essendon coaches used performance-enhancing substances, despite the AFL's drug code applying only to players.

Essendon refused to confirm or deny substance use by any member of its coaching department, following allegations by sacked club biochemist Stephen Dank.

"To be perfectly honest, there were a couple of coaches that were using some supplements, if you like, that were a little bit outside the WADA code," Dank said on the ABC's 7.30.

"But, again, they were entitled to it. There's certainly nothing illegal there."

An AFL spokesman said yesterday ASADA's investigation was wide-ranging and could include those allegations.
"The code only applies to players within the club, not coaches or officials," he said.

"I would imagine everything alleged on the 7.30 (interview) would form part of the investigation to varying degrees."

Dank's allegations drew widespread condemnation from football and sports medicine worlds yesterday, with leading figures staggered at the potential for non-WADA compliant drugs to be at Windy Hill.

Essendon senior assistant Mark Thompson has denied he took those drugs.

Calls to sack Hird off the mark

Also in the Dons coaching department last year were senior coach James Hird, assistants Sean Wellman, Simon Goodwin and Matthew Egan, development coaches James Byrne and Rick Ladson, and high-performance coach Dean "The Weapon" Robinson.

Buckley wants more specifics

Some sports science experts were stunned that practices including coaches using performance-enhancing drugs might be allowed in AFL football.

"Mud sticks, and that's just a harsh reality," one said.

"Whatever happens, there will always be a cloud over 'Hirdy' and everyone there. It will hang over Essendon for decades. They have become the drug club."

AFL coaches and club executives can be fined up to $10,000 for administrative breaches like failing to keep proper records under the drug code, but are not subject to testing.

Exercise and Sports Science Australia board member David Bishop, pushing for greater regulation and accreditation in the industry, was shocked to hear about potential drug use by coaches.

"It is an amazing revelation," Bishop said.

"Even if he is denying he administered to athletes, it is allowing people to make that link. It is a pretty shocking revelation. You wouldn't expect that of a sports scientist.

"I know he gave the example of a medical doctor working at a club and having prohibited substances in his bag, but I think good practice and sensible practice is that you don't bring anything into the club that could be construed as performance enhancing drugs that could risk the livelihood of players."
 

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