The outcome of last year's Kurt Tippett salary cap scandal has prompted the Adelaide Crows to hire an internal watchdog. Picture: Sarah Reed. Source: The Advertiser
THE Kurt Tippett affair will result in Adelaide hiring an internal watchdog to protect the club against further breaches of AFL rules.
Adelaide is set to follow the lead taken by West Coast - which hired Peter Staples as its integrity officer after its well-documented drug problems three years ago - to strengthen its internal controls of all staff.
It comes as all AFL clubs have been urged to consider hiring an integrity officer and having a full-time doctor.
Adelaide is understood to be one of only two clubs with a full-time doctor.
There has been widespread concern about the cost of the extra staff if it is mandated, but the Crows have already begun exploring the requirements of the role.
West Coast hired Staples after its drug problems but other clubs have voiced doubts about the need for an internal watchdog, believing they already have adequate systems in place.
Acting football operations manager David Noble said the Crows expected to have the position filled before season's end but needed to tailor the role to the specifics of the Crows' demands.
Their concerns relate to the fishbowl nature of AFL football in South Australia and the amount of travel the club does, which puts the players in more volatile situations.
"The role would have to be slightly different for each club," Noble said. "Here and in Western Australia, a lot of our issues are media-driven. That wouldn't happen as much in Sydney, Brisbane or the Gold Coast.
"And we're on the road all the time, which is different to a lot of clubs."
Adelaide has listed several key issues that would fall under the integrity officer's control, among them:
ENFORCEMENT of bans on players gambling on football or leaking information about team selection;
COMPLIANCE with salary cap and all AFL player rules;
TRAVEL issues, with security high on the list;
DRUG use, both illicit and performance-enhancing.
The club has interviewed police officers, female advocates, psychologists, social media experts and doctors in a wide-ranging analysis of threats to the club.
A Port Adelaide spokesman said the club was keen to consider the AFL's recommendations and look at the best options to make its processes as strong as possible. But further information was required before it committed to a specific approach.
Clubs are already heavily involved with the AFL and top watchdog Brett Clothier.
Adelaide's move comes as football is reeling from the Tippett scandal, the Essendon drugs inquiry and the Melbourne tanking affair, and with Andrew Demetriou saying clubs had been provided a "road map" of warning signs that included "ex-players, anti-ageing clinics, gyms and tattoo parlours".
Noble said the club had been shaken by the extent of work that needed to be done after its own internal investigations and the drugs summit conducted by the AFL.
"The bottom line is that sometimes, even the most innocent influences or environments can be the most dangerous," Noble said.
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