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Australian Football League

The role of a sport’s Integrity Unit in fighting doping

Brett Clothier – AFL Integrity Manager (14 March 2013)

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Australian Football League (AFL) is Australia’s biggest sport• Australia’s indigenous game

• 18 teams, 22 regular season matches plus 4 week finals series

• 6.2 million attendees

• Average free-to-air TV audience per match over 1 million

• More than 700,000 club members

• More than 800,000 participants

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In 2008 AFL established its own Integrity Unit

• A first for Australian professional sports

• Responsible for addressing: Match-fixing, anti-doping, salary cap, draft, personal conduct, illicit drug policy

• Team currently consists of:

• Manager

• investigator

• analyst

• sports physician

• administrative support

• panel investigators

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We have developed an effective intelligence and investigative

capability within the sport

• Case management and intelligence database allows us to securely store and analyse information

• We have information sharing agreements with ASADA and bookmakers

• We register all athlete support personnel in addition to athletes

• We are a credible partner to law enforcement and ASADA

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Australian Crime Commission is the national body that combats organised crime• ACC provides centralised intelligence,

investigative and criminal database services to law enforcement and government agencies

• The ACC can draw on special coercive powers

• New legislation permits ACC to share information with private sector bodies in appropriate circumstances (including AFL)

• AFL received ACC briefing on 1 February

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ACC Report released Feb 7

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• Widespread use of peptides and hormones by professional athletes in Australia

• Growth hormone releasing peptides

• Growth hormone variants

• SARMS

• IGF-1, MGF

• Sports scientists implicated

• Organised crime involved in distribution

• Experimentation on athletes

Key findings of report

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AFL/ASADA joint investigation

• Identified one club where prohibited substances may have been administered to multiple players

• One other player at one other Club where prohibited substance may have been administered

• Other vulnerabilities identified throughout competition

• AFL able to hit the ground running given our capabilities

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The WeaponDr Ageless

The Pharmacist

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Vulnerabilities identified

• Anti-ageing clinics

• Compounding pharmacists

• Injectables and IV culture – experimentation on athletes

• Illicit drug use

• Tattoo parlours

• External gyms

• micro-dosing and HRT

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What next?

• AFL/ASADA joint investigation continues

• AFL Policy changes

• register of all substances/supplements administered

• ban on use of non-TGA approved substances and off label use without permission

• whistleblower policy

• more stringent registration requirements

• seeking improved information sharing with law enforcement