Australian sport has been rocked by a bombshell report from the Crime Commission. Picture: Grant Nowell Source: The Advertiser
AUSTRALIAN sport's "blackest day" has plunged the AFL and NRL into crisis and rocked elite sport, amid revelations that entire teams doped.
Sports scientists, coaches and club support staff have orchestrated the drug use of players, aided by dodgy doctors, pharmacists and even anti-ageing clinics which have supplied new-age performance enhancing peptides and hormones.
A devastating report from the Australian Crime Commission found the substances were being supplied in Australia by organised crime figures who have infiltrated every level of Australian sport.
As drug taking professional athletes were urged to "come forward before you get a knock at the door", other revelations include:
AT least one match may have been fixed and is being investigated.
A government investigation has uncovered use of banned substances within Australian professional sport and links to organised crime.
PLAYERS have been fed quick-metabolising drugs which are hard to detect intravenously. Some have not been approved or are rarely used on humans.
CRIME figures have forged business partnerships with major codes.
DOCTORS are writing scripts in false names for drugs supplied by compounding pharmacies.
Australian Crime Commission CEO John Lawler speaking at a press conference after the release of an ACC report into drug and crime links to Australian sport. Picture: Gary Ramage
ANTI-AGEING clinics with criminal links are distributing so called "fountain of youth" peptides to athletes that can enhance performance.
ATHLETES are supplying illicit drugs.
ACC executive director Paul Jevtovic revealed phone taps and coercive hearings had been used and he said the use of drugs not even scheduled had left the commission with "clear evidence players are being used as guinea pigs".
ACC chief executive John Lawler and Justice Minister Jason Clare said they were unable to name clubs, codes or players suspected of doping, casting a pall over all Australian sport.
Andrew Demetriou and AFL Commission chairman Mike Fitzpatrick address the media after the Australian Crime Commission released a report on drugs and organised crime in Australian sport.
NRL CEO David Smith said he had been briefed by the commission and that the findings of its report released yesterday "affects more than one player and more than one club".
The AFL has been rocked by an anti-doping investigation at Essendon and was also briefed by the commission, but CEO Andrew Demetriou, who said "we have to do more," revealed he did not know how many players or officials were involved.
Both codes are now working with the Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority and have scrambled to respond, the NRL appointing former Federal Court judge Tony Whitlam to work with authorities.
The ACC found the infiltration of organised crime and doping by team officials was similar to what the United States Anti-Doping Agency found in the case of Lance Armstrong, but on a larger scale.
AFL boss Andrew Demetriou is adamant that cheating of any form in the AFL will not be accepted and you will be caught.
"The difference is that the Australian threat is current, crosses sporting codes and is evolving," the ACC found.
Former ASADA chairman Richard Ings told Fox Sports yesterday: "This is not a black day in Australian sport, this is the blackest day in Australian sport."
Mr Clare said the findings were "shocking and they will disgust Australian sports fans" before he urged cheats, who could see penalties reduced if they cooperate, to own up.
"Don't underestimate how much we know and if you're involved in this come forward before you get a knock at the door," he said.
The Australian Crime Commission has released a report into a 12-month investigation into the integrity of Australian sport. David Gallop, NRL boss David Smith, ASADA CEO Aurora Andruska, Sports Minister Kate Lundy, Justice Minister Jason Clare, ACC CEO John Lawler, AFL boss Andrew Demetriou and Rugby Union boss Bill Pulver. Picture: Gary Ramage
Integrity units will be established by each sporting code.
Tactics used to gain access to performance enhancing drugs, which can promote tissue repair and muscle growth and are also being used on race horses, were outlined by the ACC.
In one case, a "research" body was established to get access to peptides and hormones from a compounding pharmacy.
Doctors complicit with doping regimes were recruited and, in another instance, a sports scientist profited from the sale of peptides and hormones and "directed their application at a number of sporting clubs".
Players were often left in the dark about what was being pumped into their bodies, with no medical records kept.
"In some cases, peptides and other substances were administered to players without them understanding the nature of the substances, and without the knowledge of the team doctor," the ACC found.
Football Federation chief David Gallop yesterday said "there is nothing specific in relation to football in relation to this report" while ARU CEO Bill Pulver said the report was a "wake-up call" but he was unaware of any allegations involving union's professional teams.
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