AFL: The journalists on The Midweek Tackle discuss the AFL's drug policy including the revelation some 100 players are inside the so-called medical model.
It’s been claimed some 100 AFL players are inside the Illicit Drug Policy ’s medical model, with calls to revamp the system as quickly as possible because some are “taking the mickey” and using loopholes to avoid strikes.after allegations players were purposefully being tested and then withdrawn from teams to avoid testing positive for illicit substances on gameday, which would see them banned for several years.
On AFL 360, host Gerard Whateley pointed out the system had a “very sound” core, but the “lack of transparency is genuinely concerning”. “You and I have both had episodes through our reporting careers, and I went back and found the one that most triggered with me today on AFL Tables; the player, the weeks, and the questions that were asked at the time. Vehement denials that this was not related to drugs, that the player wasn’t stood down because of positive tests; it was what the club had declared - that’s just not true.
“They get named-and-shamed when they get caught, and I don’t know if that’s a fair system,” Robinson said. “The AFL getting their heads kicked in today, how about we start kicking some of these players heads in?”
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