Talking Footy

1. Last night all 18 clubs were put on notice by the AFL Commission and sent a list of reforms to be acted on following a meeting with senior club personnel.

The raft of integrity reforms includes background 2. checks on all staff, including sports scientists, high-performance managers and subcontractors, as well as 3. an audit on supplements used by players.

The AFL's medical commissioners may have a bigger say in 4. how club medical departments are run following a review, and a 5. whistleblower service is to be introduced.

Demetriou vowed that the 6. AFL would share all relevant drug information with governments and police, similar to their agreements in helping to police gambling.

"It would be fair to say that after today there will be people at all of our clubs at all levels, which would include players, that would have had a wake-up call," Demetriou said.

"And if you are out there and you think you can run the gauntlet in cheating in this system, make no mistake - you will be caught. This is a wake-up call.

"And after today, make absolutely no mistake - you will be caught."

7. The four key members of each club - chairman, coach, chief executive and general manager of football operations - will be summonsed to meet the AFL Commission as soon as possible.

"We're putting all clubs on notice that they will have to advise the AFL of all drugs and substances they are providing to their players and the use of those substances will be subject to AFL approval," Fitzpatrick said.

8. "We will instruct our medical commissioners to meet all club doctors to review their practices and their supervision of treatments and report back to the AFL Commission."

Demetriou said: "There are some drugs being used today which can't be tested for." He said the league would rely heavily on gathering intelligence to expose drug cheats, citing the eventual success in catching disgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong.

"It proves as good as it is today, we need to do more, because the scientists and these people who are peddling and experimenting are ahead of everyone else," he said in relation to the current testing of illegal substances.

Demetriou would not comment on the Essendon probe but said the AFL was acting swiftly on the ACC report because "there's no time to waste".

9. He said the league already had plans in place to beef up its integrity department before the ACC release and briefing yesterday.

Striker wrote:

Big whoop. As good as nothing, X!

Striker wrote:

Yeah! The NRL want public disclosure to protect those who aren't affected NOW! Inside a month of the full season starting!

Xman wrote:

Striker wrote:

Big whoop. As good as nothing, X!

As opposed to the NRL's: "tell me now so we can clear our name" tactic?

Xman wrote:

Striker wrote:

Yeah! The NRL want public disclosure to protect those who aren't affected NOW! Inside a month of the full season starting!

Which doesnt mean they arent guilty, it just means they havent been caught yet. The fact is changes need to be made to ensure this doesnt occur again. The AFL have made change and as usual are being proactive. The NRL as usual are being reactive.

Striker wrote:

The AFL are being reactive, because their so-called protections have been exposed as useless! They're trying to cover their tracks, not making change. Just as guilty, and they think they can handle it. The NRL know how big this is and the AFL are putting their heads in the sand hoping it'll go away.

Striker wrote:

I'm talking about the drugs, not the match fixing. Like I said, the integrity unit is useless.