AFL chief executive Andrew Demetriou says the league will implement ''very serious measures'' to outlaw any questionable medical practices at clubs. Source: Herald Sun
EXCLUSIVE: THE AFL will ban the use of injections - other than painkillers - in a significant crackdown on doping.
Chief executive Andrew Demetriou has pledged the AFL will outlaw any questionable medical practices at clubs as the league vows to restore the trust some fans have lost in the game in a tumultuous off-season.
"Rogue" elements in and around clubs - whether they are players, staff or hangers-on - will be driven out.
Surveillance will be increased with a "substantial investment".
Club doctors will be required to be involved in all treatments of players, cutting out the risk of any unauthorised use of external people.
And the injection of all supplements will be banned.
Read the full interview with Andrew Demetriou
Asked if the AFL intended to stop sports science staff from conducting injections on players, potentially in the stomach, Mr Demetriou said: "Absolutely."
Outlining the crackdown, he said: "There will be a ban on IV at clubs, not just on game day.
"We are implementing some very, very serious measures to restore the treatment of players under one person and that is the club doctor.
"There is an audit going on of all supplements.
"We have got our AFL medical officers sitting down with club doctors, reviewing practices, particularly the use of external people.
"There is going to be a restriction on the use of injections.
"Painkilling injections have a legitimate use, but we will limit the use of injections."
The AFL introduced a rule a decade ago that banned clubs from using IV drips within 24 hours of a match.
It came about after the Brisbane Lions were using IV drips at half-time of its games in 2001.
Mr Demetriou was adamant the AFL should also restore more power into the hands of AFL club doctors instead of sports science staff members.
And in a wide-ranging interview with Sunday Herald Sun columnist Shane Crawford, he revealed he wanted clubs to monitor the people who could put the code's integrity at risk.
"We have drawn a line in the sand," he said.
"We are going to put a stop to rogue elements at clubs and the insidious nature of some individuals who are trying to spoil it for the rest of the code.
"It is only a handful of people but it can cause significant damage.
"The public are entitled to be questioning the values of the code because they are wondering about it given what has happened with Melbourne, Adelaide and Essendon (investigations).
"I have said the issues of values, principles and ethics in the code are absolute non-negotiables."
Mr Demetriou said clubs had been provided a "road map" of warning signs: "Things like ex-players, anti-ageing clinics, gyms and tattoo parlours".
On increased surveillance, he said: "We are investing more in data-based management, surveillance and intelligence gathering."
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