Port Adelaide chief executive Keith Thomas says the AFL should be more open about drug testing results. Picture: Sarah Reed. Source: The Advertiser
PORT Adelaide chief executive Keith Thomas was among a group of club bosses who lobbied for access to an annual profile of the club's drug testing results - without any names - to have a better handle on whether a problem exists.
And the AFL could approve a bold plan to allow clubs to fund target-testing of players they believe are abusing drugs.
The league united at yesterday's drugs summit, with that proposal one of a number to be considered by a working party.
The proposal which will allow clubs to target-test players they suspect of being on drugs will create most debate.
AFL clubs are banned from conducting their own testing after then Carlton president Ian Collins controversially drug-tested players Karl Norman and Laurie Angwin.
Yesterday AFL chief executive Andrew Demetriou confirmed clubs might be able to pay the league's drug testers for that exact task.
Thomas and the other CEOs left still frustrated by being still in the dark over whether his club has any problem with drugs and whether there is a player he could offer additional help.
"As CEO of the club, I don't know what drug testing is going on at our club and what results are being found - I have no visibility at all and none of the CEOs do," Thomas said.
"What we discussed was that we could get, even on an annual basis, a profile of our club - no names - but something like, 'There were 500 tests, three notifications, you've got three people with first strikes' - whatever it is - that would give us a sense of the issue we might be facing.
"And over time you'd get a sense of whether it was getting better or worse."
I feel that we should have an active involvement in any solution to do with a player who has been found to have broken the code
Thomas also argued strongly for earlier club involvement when a player fails a drug test under the AFL's illicit drugs policy.
As it stands, only the club's doctor is informed of the first and second strike under the code, which fines and suspends a player if he fails a third test within four years.
It is shaping as a sticking point between the chief executives and the medical officers, who are concerned about players' privacy and confidentiality.
Thomas and the other chief executives argued that if a they - even if it's only the chief executive - could be notified after the first or the second strike they would be able to provide greater
"I personally was a very strong advocate for earlier notification at the CEO level," Thomas said.
"I think we haven't resolved this and there is some resistance.
"It's about finding a balance between confidentiality and help and being able to do something about it.
"But as a CEO, I feel that we should have an active involvement in any solution to do with a player who has been found to have broken the code.
"I'm very respectful of the confidentiality but I think the CEO and the clubs need to be involved in the solution.
"The argument we presented was that we can activate more resources towards finding a solution.
"But there is a concern that as soon as the information goes beyond the medical officer it becomes public. So we need to resolve that.
"But my read of the room is that there will be some give in that area.
"You've got to defer to the doctors' expertise but I think they also listened to our case."
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