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Football => View from the Outer => Topic started by: one-eyed on February 07, 2013, 11:04:05 AM
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Press conference in Canberra right now talking about organised crime infiltrating Aussie Sport giving corrupted players drugs, either themselves or via rogue sports scientists or trainers, and receiving in return inside info in return for betting and match-fixing purposes. The problem is worldwide and Australia is not immuned. Use of peptides, hormones and illicit drugs spread wide in Aussie Sport. Mentioned specifically are being affected were the AFL and NRL and these codes have helped immensely with investigations. One player in the NRL has been caught while Demetriou talked about the Essendon situation. The other speakers mentioned there being at least one case of match-fixing which they are still investigating (they didn't name which sport). They also mentioned a case where a whole team was doped.
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Edit: we can't even joke about specific players over this. Puts OER at legal risk.
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are these the bikies that kid has been hanging with?
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Australian government investigation finds illicit drugs widespread in professional sport
Jessica Marszalek
From: News Limited Network
February 07, 2013 11:06AM
ILLEGAL drugs are widespread throughout Australian sport and are being facilitated by sports scientists, high-level coaches and sports staff, a 12-month investigation by the Australian Crime Commission has found.
Organised crime groups are also involved in the frequent practice which, in some cases, see players administered with substances not yet approved for human use.
The ACC also found evidence of "concerning" personal relationships between professional athletes and crime identities and groups that may have resulted in match fixing and the fraudulent manipulation of betting markets.
Justice Minister Jason Clare encouraged anyone involved to come forward "before you get a knock at the door''.
"The findings are shocking and will disgust Australian sports fans,'' he said.
"It's cheating but it's worse than that.
"It's cheating with the help of criminals''
The news comes as allegations circulate involving claims Essendon players were injected with unknown substances.
The ACC report says the use of peptides and hormones has been identified or is suspected in a number of professional sporting codes.
The reports says sports scientists hold an increasingly influential place at clubs.
"Some sports scientists and doctors are experimenting on professional sportspersons in an effort to determine if particular substances can improve performance without being detected."
The use of illicit drugs in some sporting codes was also considered to be "significantly higher'' than official statistics.
The Commission found organised crime was involved in the domestic distribution of PIEDs (Performance and Image Enhancing Drugs), which includes peptides and hormones, or anabolic steroids.
It said they were exploiting a loophole that meant people who supplied substances prohibited under the World Anti-Doping Agency code did not commit a crime, even though athletes who used the substances faced substantial sporting bans.
"If left unchecked, it is likely that organised criminals will increase their presence in the distribution of peptides and hormones in Australia,'' the report said.
Intelligence confirmed the use of peptides in major sporting codes, but there were suggestions "individuals in a range of other codes'' were also using.
Sub-elite athletes competing at state and club level were also using peptides and hormones in the hope it would give them an edge.
It said professional sport was highly vulnerable to criminal infiltration through legitimate business with sports franchises and other associations, facilitated by the lack of due diligence by clubs and sports bodies when entering into business relationships.
The Australian Sport Anti-Doping Authority (ASADA) and other authorities will investigate the explosive findings.
Releasing the ACC report, Mr Clare said: "Multiple athletes from a number of clubs in major Australian sporting codes are suspected of currently using or having previously used peptides, potentially constitution anti-doping rule violations.''
"Official from clubs have also been identified as administering, via injections and intravenous drips, a variety of substances.''
The head of the AFL Players’ Association say it’s possible organised crime has infiltrated the AFL.
“You know organised crime have infiltrated gyms and provision of various kinds of supplements and substances which aid performance," Players’ Association Boss Matt Finnis said.
Victoria Police raised fears this morning that Australian sporting stars could be groomed by Asian crime cartels with soccer and the Big Bash League the most likely targets.
The Western Sydney Wanderers A-League boss Lyle Gorman said there are measures in place to protect the game's integrity.
"There’s very much an education program that crosses a raft of activity, such as substances, gaming or whatever. There are serious education programs about that. We’ve also got to have faith in our governing bodies. There’s lots of governing bodies in Australia. There’s a gaming integrity group that’s being formed."
Last night, the government flagged that Australia's anti-doping agency is set to gain police-like powers to compel suspect athletes and other people to turn up for questioning and hand over documents on request.
Sports Minister Kate Lundy said a recent review of Cycling Australia conducted by former justice James Woods QC showed there was plenty of work to be done to address the challenges of doping in sport.
Senator Lundy said revelations from international cycling showed that doping could be well organised and systemic and conducted in parallel with a comprehensive testing regime.
"With doping becoming increasingly sophisticated, it is less likely that anti-doping violations will be detected through analytical means alone," she said.
In a second reading speech that was tabled in parliament on Wednesday to introduce the Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority Amendment Bill 2013, Senator Lundy said analytical testing would remain a fundamental and valuable means to address doping.
But the US Anti-Doping Agency was only able to establish a case against Lance Armstrong and the US Postal Service cycling team through non-analytical investigation, collecting sworn testimony and documentary evidence.
Senator Lundy said the Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority (ASADA) currently had no power to require somebody to attend an interview or produce documents and had to rely on their cooperation.
The new bill will give ASADA the power to require someone to attend an interview or produce documents.
The ASADA chief executive will be able to issue disclosure notices requiring a person to comply, with a fine of up to $5100 for people who don't.
Senator Lundy said a key strength of ASADA's investigative capabilities was its relationship with agencies such as Customs and the Therapeutic Goods Administration. That would be strengthened with an amendment to postal legislation to allow information sharing between ASADA and Australia Post.
The legislation also gives the ASADA chief executive the ability to engage directly with sporting bodies on the issue of sanctions for those who commit doping violations.
"The message is clear - with these amendments, athletes and support persons who are involved in doping have a greater chance of being caught. People will have no option but to assist ASADA in undertaking its investigations and intelligence activities," Senator Lundy said.
Debate was adjourned.
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/afl/more-news/goverment-to-tackle-crime-in-sport/story-e6frf9jf-1226572459574
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Read the full Crime Commission report here
http://www.crimecommission.gov.au/sites/default/files/files/organised-crime-and-drugs-in-sports-feb2013.pdf
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Without trying to sound too sensational, but considering that the Essendon case will go into the season and the integrity of the codes currently suspect, what's the chance of a delay or forfeit of the 2013 AFL and NRL seasons? And what ramifications could thus have with broadcast obligations, booking agencies, etc?
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I want to know how betting agencies can take punters money when the sports are currently muddied by these investigations?
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And what ramifications could thus have with broadcast obligations, booking agencies, etc?
Best me to it.
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Without trying to sound too sensational, but considering that the Essendon case will go into the season and the integrity of the codes currently suspect, what's the chance of a delay or forfeit of the 2013 AFL and NRL seasons? And what ramifications could thus have with broadcast obligations, booking agencies, etc?
Essendon should be sued and forced to pay all costs.
And hence go out of existence.
:cheers
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40 million on one A-league game out of a legal Asian betting agency. I never would of thought A-league games would attract that kind of interest over-seas. The Victorian police have a press conference where he just stated that.
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are these the bikies that kid has been hanging with?
that was my thinking too.
I hope he wakes up and smells the roses, but my suspicion he is bit to thick for that.
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He's more than a bit thick
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I wanna know who that kid is:(
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..what's the chance of a delay or forfeit of the 2013 AFL and NRL seasons? And what ramifications could thus have...?
Well I'd go completely bonkers for a start.
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I wanna know who that kid is:(
Think about it.....
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They also mentioned a case where a whole team was doped.
That could very well be us. We have played like complete dopes on many occasions in the past. :'(
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this is huge.
the big guns are now running the show, little old
AFL will pooting itself in regards to their sponsorship
dollars as will a lot of sports.
crime syndicates and sport scientists.
players and whole teams.
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Poo hit the fan when batman retired
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Manly and Penrith in the NRL have said they are being investigated according to ABC news tonight. No mention of any wrong doing though.
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I hope there's no one at Richmond.
But if there is I also hope the catch him and string him up by the balls.
If one of our players is going to be that stupid then no mercy IMO.
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7.30 report: "Does unclassified report say coach Y injected player X with illegal performance enhancing substances?"
Federal Government minister Jason Clare: "Yes"
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Authorities have confirmed one potentially fixed match, but will not identify the sport. Officials from the local Australian Rules football organisation (AFL), and the Football Federation of Australia (FFA), which runs soccer, have said there are currently no match-fixing investigations underway.
http://au.eurosport.com/australian-football/australian-betting-on-football-club-suspended_sto3613221/story.shtml?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=t.co
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It is believed Essendon, Geelong and the Gold Coast are the AFL clubs being investigated by the crime commission.
The five NRL clubs under scrutiny have been named in intelligence gathered by anti-doping agency ASADA.
It is understood it raises suspicions about whether the supplement regimes used by individual players or advisers linked to small groups of players may be in breach of anti-doping rules.
Fairfax Media is not naming the five clubs believed to have been referred to ASADA.
Read more: http://www.theage.com.au/national/the-game-gamblers-bet-49m-on-20130208-2e433.html#ixzz2KK3mgknh
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They also mentioned a case where a whole team was doped.
That could very well be us. We have played like complete dopes on many occasions in the past. :'(
I doubt we would be that stupid
We are that dumb down at Punt Rd if we were fixing we would screw the result up and do the opposite
No chance it's us
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They also mentioned a case where a whole team was doped.
That could very well be us. We have played like complete dopes on many occasions in the past. :'(
I doubt we would be that stupid
We are that dumb down at Punt Rd if we were fixing we would screw the result up and do the opposite
No chance it's us
What are you talking about Daniel?
If any club could be that stupid it's our club.
We are the only club that probably tried to tank and failed at it.
I wouldn't be suprised if any club was in on it and I wouldn't be suprised if some of our players were involved.
We definately would be the only club to have used peptides and do it wrong.
C'mon where have you been in thirty years? ;)
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Coalition of Major Professional and Participation Sports executive director as well as Richmond director Malcolm Speed reckons the investigation could take six months. That would mean this whole drugs saga will hang over basically the whole season.
http://www.afl.com.au/news/2013-02-14/test
ANTI-DOPING authority investigators will interview 150 NRL and AFL players, staff and administrators, with the devastating scope of the investigation revealed by the government body.
It's understood that 70 to 80 players and officials could be charged with doping violations and various penalties, including the potential for lifetime bans from their code.Players who have doped themselves using substances unable to be detected by drug tests are also being targeted, with ASADA able to take action based on intelligence.
ASADA, which tipped off the crime commission, resulting in its report claiming widespread organised crime links and performance-enhancing drug use in Australian sport, has warned its investigation will go for months and could widen.
http://www.news.com.au/sport/nrl/anti-doping-authority-set-to-interview-over-150-nrl-and-afl-players-staff-and-administrators-in-doping-investigation/story-fndujljl-1226577438678
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Channel 7 have special news event on now about the drugs in football story involving the bombers.
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AFL players have been caught on telephone taps talking with underworld figures, including bikies involved in drug dealing.
The outlaw motorcycle club members, some of whom constantly travel to Asian nations that produce steroids and peptides, have been distributing performance-enhancing drugs in Australia.
It's believed most sales are through gyms.
The Herald Sun has been told Australian Federal Police agents have referred intelligence about AFL players to Victoria Police.
Players have appeared on the radar of the nation's peak law enforcement body over many years. Some are household names and have come to notice when found to be linked to criminals under investigation for dealing in illegal non-performance-enhancing drugs.
Most of the intelligence pre-dates the Australian Crime Commission's year-long investigation into drugs in sport. The release of its findings last week generated unprecedented debate about the nature and extent of the problem.
Read more: http://www.heraldsun.com.au/top-stories/afl-players-caught-on-phone-taps-with-drug-dealers/story-e6frfkp9-1226579152457#ixzz2Kz5z8det
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NRL club Cronulla could have 14 players banned :o
Cronulla set to be first victim of drug probe
Adrian Proszenko and Glenn Jackson
The Age
March 7, 2013
Rugby league was thrown into chaos on the eve of the season after widespread speculation Cronulla was set to become the first major victim of the Australian Crime Commission's investigation into drugs in sport with several players believed to be facing a minimum six-month ban.
Read more: http://www.theage.com.au/rugby-league/league-news/cronulla-set-to-be-first-victim-of-drug-probe-20130306-2fllk.html#ixzz2MlvDKIvd
Up to 14 Cronulla players left a meeting at Sharkies Leagues Club on Tuesday night with their careers in tatters after being told to accept a six-month suspension or risk further sanctions over the use of performance-enhancing drugs.
Read more: http://www.theage.com.au/rugby-league/league-news/accept-bans-sharks-told-20130306-2fm1k.html#ixzz2Mlv9G6oK
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Just as a side bar
I read this week that Trent Robinson who's the coach of the Sydney Roosters in the NRL is the brother of Dean "the Weapon" Robinson. And he reckons his brother will get another job in sports when all this investigation stuff is over
Errr........... me thinks not ;D
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Cronulla Sharks chairman Damian Irvine claims players were injected with horse drugs ...
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/nrl/cronulla-sharks-chairman-claims-players-were-injected-with-horse-drugs/story-e6frfgbo-1226593894057
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Well don't want to nag anyone about this, but the lawyers will be jockeying for position as we speak
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:thumbsup
Well don't want to nag anyone about this, but the lawyers will be jockeying for position as we speak
:clapping
:thatsgold
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Three Manly players are in the crosshairs of anti-doping authorities over banned performance-enhancing peptide CJC-1295.
The Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority has told the Sea Eagles there is evidence to suggest three NRL stars face bans of up to two years.
ASADA has offered to reduce to the ban to six months in exchange for the players providing "substantial assistance".
http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/nrl/three-players-set-to-be-targeted-by-asada-over-use-of-banned-peptide-cjc-1295/story-e6frexnr-1226595949936
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31 rugby league players to be interviewed as ASADA steps up its investigation into alleged doping in the NRL
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/nrl/rugby-league-players-to-be-interviewed-as-asada-steps-up-its-investigation-into-alleged-doping-in-the-nrl/story-e6frfgbo-1226601508996
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From twitter:
"On 4Corners tonight Shane Carter interview: 'Ive kept them in a safe and non-toxin range' (Re: AFL player w/ perf enhancing drugs)"