Magpies chief executive Gary Pert started the ball rolling for a drugs summit when he warned of' "volcanic behaviour" among footballers on their off-season breaks. Picture: Jay Town Source: Herald Sun
FOOTY'S drug summit will be told some teenage AFL recruits are already schooled in illegal drugs use when they join the game's top ranks.
The Herald Sun can reveal a senior club figure raised the drugs problem at a meeting with Victorian Sports Minister Hugh Delahunty last week.
He told the minister some recruits knew of ways to avoid detection in drug tests when they arrived in the AFL.
At least one Victorian club will allege at an industry-wide drugs symposium to be held in January that draftees are running the gauntlet on drugs in their first season in the AFL.
The summit was called after Collingwood chief executive Gary Pert warned of' "volcanic behaviour" among footballers on their off-season breaks.
The under-18 TAC Cup competition is the major recruiting ground for AFL clubs, providing the bulk of talent at the national draft.
One AFL club boss told the Herald Sun: "I know it to be. Have a look at Schoolies. I think the kids are turning to these things earlier on, and not necessarily out of recreation but because of their backgrounds.
"It's hard out there in the suburbs for a lot of kids and they do turn to drugs. I think they are more accepted at a younger age now.
Schools are beside themselves - from the best schools to the most working-class. So why would we think that just because they are in the first XVIII they are not doing it?
Clubs will use January's meeting to push for greater control of the contentious three-strikes illicit drug-testing regimen and the right to know which players have recorded strikes.
Under existing rules, only the club doctor is informed of positive tests.
A rise in the number of AFL players reporting the use of substances to avoid drug strikes will also be tabled.
The Herald Sun has detailed a spike in players self-reporting the use of drugs to AFL medical directors Dr Peter Harcourt and Dr Harry Unglik.
By self-reporting, players avoid registering a positive drug test and a strike against their name.
The concern is restricted to a small number of players, most from the same Melbourne club.
Allegations of players supplying drugs to teammates will also be raised.
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