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Willis 21
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 Posted: Fri Sep 01, 2006 2:35 pm Post subject: Stop protecting AFL drug cheats |
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It looks like administrators from other sports are speaking out in an attempt to shame the AFL in to changing their 'drugs are ok in our game' policy...
Good work Kevin..we must set a good example for the kiddies....
http://www.foxsports.com.au/story/0,8659,20320923-23211,00.html
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Stop protecting cheats: Gosper
By Jim Wilson
September 01, 2006 SENIOR Australia Olympic official Kevan Gosper last night launched an extraordinary attack on the AFL's out-of-competition illicit drug code.
The influential Olympic identity contacted The Daily Telegraph last night and implored the AFL to get tough on players who test positive to illicit drugs.
"At the moment, they are simply protecting the cheats, not detecting them," he said. "This is the wrong message to send to children who want to play the game and trust me, this will damage our reputation around the world.
"It is extremely disappointing a respected organisation is lacking transparency, and the AFL can't have it both ways and set their own rules. They're simply protecting athletes who are cheating."
Gosper is one of Australia's most senior powerbrokers on the international Olympic scene and is a former IOC vice-president.
"Cocaine and cannabis are illicit drugs and there are significant health and social issues with these drugs," he said.
"The AFL can't be half pregnant on this issue. They either adopt the zero tolerance approach or their code will continue to fail."
Gosper is amazed the three players who've twice tested positive to illicit drugs won't be revealed, with Victoria's Supreme Court putting a permanent injunction on media outlets naming them.
The AFL and AFLPA called the court ruling a significant win in their fight against illicit drugs.
But Gosper, vice-president of the IOC's Beijing Co-ordination Committee, says it's a major setback for Australian sport and tarnishes our staunch anti-doping image.
He believes the AFL must adopt the World Anti-Doping Agency's zero tolerance policy.
"I am very disappointed in a sport that's so high profile and doping is such an important issue. The bottom line is any drug use is cheating and putting players health at risk." |
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| Posted: Sat Dec 09, 2006 7:36 am Post subject: |
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| Willis 21 wrote: |
| It looks like administrators from other sports are speaking out in an attempt to shame the AFL in to changing their 'drugs are ok in our game' policy... |
Not the NRL it seems. Looks like the new NRL model is also open to abuse with even NRL officials admitting as much below. Effectively the NRL will be protecting drug cheats. Comments Willis?????
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More drug tests for NRL, but all under a veil of secrecy
Jacquelin Magnay
November 30, 2006
http://www.smh.com.au/news/league/more-drug-tests-but-all-under-a-veil-of-secrecy/2006/11/29/1164777654075.html
NRL players will be subjected to a second-tier drug testing regime from next year which targets illicit drug use midweek and off-season. But, controversially, players will be given three chances before facing a suspension if they test positive. The testing - at least for the first two positive cases - will remain secret.
The new testing, under the illicit substances policy, means players will now be tested year-round for substances including marijuana, cocaine and ecstasy. It is similar to the AFL system, which also tests secretly under a three-strikes policy - a system which has been criticised by the Federal Government.
The Rugby League Professionals Association successfully pushed for the three-strikes model after earlier discussion centred around a second-chance program. Players will now face a suspended fine for the first offence, an additional fine for the second offence and a suspension for the third offence. At the time of a third offence the player will be named publicly.
League players will still be tested for all substances under the World Anti-Doping Agency code, which includes steroids and growth hormones at all times, and stimulants on game days, which is the usual drug testing regime conducted by the Australian Sports Anti Doping Authority. When players test positive under the WADA code they face a one- to two-year ban.
But in a deviation from the AFL model, which uses an accredited laboratory for analysis, the NRL players will also be tested by their clubs for illicit drugs. The clubs will pay for and administer illicit-drug testing using the less-reliable workplace dipstick style testing, raising some questions about the integrity of the system.
NRL chief executive David Gallop said the new testing was "sensible". "Clubs and players know there is some uniformity about how the positive tests are dealt with. It didn't make sense that a player could move from one club to another and be subjected to different regimes," Gallop said.
Until now the testing for illicit drugs varied between clubs, with the Broncos and the Bulldogs allowing a three-strike policy but North Queensland acting on the first positive. Cowboy Mitchell Sargent was cut this year after his first positive test to cocaine. Other clubs didn't have any illicit-drug testing.
Now the onus will be on each club to conduct about 70 random tests a year. NRL communications manager John Brady, who was on the NRL policy committee, said the clubs would be compliant because of the paperwork they would be required to keep. But there may be scope for clubs to manipulate the system, especially if one of their star players is caught. |
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Willis 21
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| Posted: Sat Dec 09, 2006 2:45 pm Post subject: |
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You haven't bolded this part,
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League players will still be tested for all substances under the World Anti-Doping Agency code, which includes steroids and growth hormones at all times, and stimulants on game days, which is the usual drug testing regime conducted by the Australian Sports Anti Doping Authority. When players test positive under the WADA code they face a one- to two-year ban.
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I don't believe the AFL have signed this agreement?? |
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all AFL players are druggos and most pplknow this!!
y not just lock em all up .... that way we wont have durgged players or that stupid AFL game
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Hardly the most constructive contribution to the debate! Prove what you say is true, buddy.
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| Ben Cousins is innocent, he was framed by the drug cheat Andrew Johns! |
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Again - prove it!
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Then shut up if you can't put up.
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| No up your's loser! |
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Losers are the one's who won't back up their words, and that's you, Grim Reaper.
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