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.
Essendon players could face lengthy bans if found guilty of doping. Picture: George Salpigtidis Source: HWT Image Library
ESSENDON must be casting a rueful eye across its 2013 membership slogan: "We are doing whatever it takes."
If several Bombers players are found to have used a substance that breaches the anti-doping code, they face the prospect of at least one and possibly two years out of the game.
The standard contract of a player spells out they must comply with the code, which is "integral to the AFL's integrity". The players' association spells it out on its literature about the code: "Using a performance-enhancing drug or method to improve athletic performance is cheating."
The standard sanction for using substances that are performance-enhancing, or which "violate the spirit of the sport" is a two-year ban.
Should the players admit to violating the code, however, "and that admission is the only reliable evidence of the violation at the time of the admission", the penalty can be reduced by half.
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It is believed the Essendon players were asked to sign waiver forms regarding treatment they received, and that several had grave reservations. But neither that, nor ignorance, would absolve them of any responsibility for using banned substances.
The terms of the AFL's investigation of Essendon are yet to be established.
As the acting head of football operations, Gillon McLachlan will oversee the league's involvement, and integrity officer Brett Clothier will work closely with the Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority.
Under the AFL's rules any player, official or administrator must co-operate with the investigation, which Essendon has flagged its intention to do.
Essendon coach James Hird, along with chief executive Ian Robson and chairman David Evans, talk to the media about inappropriate use of supplements by some players at the club during the 2012 season. Picture: Chris Scott Source: Herald Sun
A spokesman for ASADA said it was "premature to speculate about what action will be taken before the investigation is concluded".
Apart from individual sanctions, the AFL has broad powers under its rules to penalise a club should it be deemed to have brought the game into disrepute.
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