AFL chief executive Andrew Demetriou. Source: Herald Sun
AFL boss Andrew Demetriou has rubbished claims of a secret deal between Essendon and the Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority.
Fairfax Media alleged yesterday that ASADA had proposed a deal that would have seen Essendon players escape the doping investigation without sanction, while NRL players copped minimum six-month bans.
But Demetriou said yesterday the report was "complete and utter nonsense".
"It's simply not true," Demetriou told 3AW radio.
"The fact of the matter is, shortly after the (Australian Crime Commission) announcement in Canberra ... we sought an urgent meeting with ASADA and the Federal Government representatives to make sure that we could, one, make public what the issue was in AFL football ... and secondly, we sought to get clarification very quickly about the sanctions that were under the WADA code and in what circumstances could those sanctions be reduced.
"Then we instructed Essendon to co-operate fully. That's being professional, it's being diligent, it's being thorough.
"We don't even know what the investigation is going to find. I'm not quite sure how you do a deal based on what you don't know."
An ASADA spokesman said yesterday: "ASADA has not offered a zero sanction to any athlete or support person."
Essendon coach James Hird said ASADA had not found a positive test during its "exhaustive" investigation of the club.
An AFL sanction seems certain against the club given the revelation of practices including intravenous infusions and off-site injections.
Hird said the investigation had to be exhaustive for the benefit of all parties.
"In terms of speculation about deals, about what supplements were taken, speculation is one thing but the facts are another thing," Hird said.
"Our players right now have not tested positive for one performance-enhancing drug, I think that's important for people to know.
"The NRL and Cronulla have their issues like we have our issues and we'll let them handle those.
"The Essendon Football Club invited ASADA and the AFL to come in and investigate our club and we've been fully co-operative with that investigation."
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