AFL chief executive Andrew Demetriou says it was "unfortunate" that a paper on the Essendon drugs scandal written by an AFL doctor and the league's integrity boss had been published in a British journal this month. Source: Matt Turner / News Corp Australia
AFL BOSS Andrew Demetriou says it was "unfortunate" that a paper on the Essendon drugs scandal written by an AFL doctor and the league's integrity boss had been published in a British journal this month.
The article penned by Dr Peter Harcourt and integrity manager Brett Clothier raised eyebrows at ASADA — which has not completed its investigation — but Demetriou said it did not breach the confidentiality of any players.
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ASADA said this week that it "did not approve, or have any other involvement" in the paper which was revealed by the Herald Sun on Wednesday, but Demetriou said he had not been contacted by the agency about its publication.
"They (ASADA) certainly haven't spoken to me — I haven't spoken to Brett Clothier — but if they had have spoken to him, he would have spoken to me," he said.
"As I understand it, the intention with the article was for it to be published in June or July and that is still the intention, but they have put it on their website earlier. That was probably unfortunate.
"There is nothing in the article that, to the best of my knowledge, breached confidentiality."
Demetriou said he was unaware of any changes to the situation for Essendon players, none of whom have been issued a show cause notice by ASADA.
Demetriou said retired Federal Court judge Garry Downes — brought in by ASADA to expedite the final stage of the probe — remained committed to winding it up by the end of April.
"I don't think anything has changed from several weeks ago, from our last briefing — that the investigation is ongoing," Demetriou said.
"The only thing that has changes is that (former Essendon sports scientist) Stephen Dank has been sent a show cause letter, but I'm not privy to any information other than that the investigation is still going and that (Downes) is intending to come to a resolution one way or the other by the end of April.
"We've still got a month to go.
"It's important that we bring some finality to this — for the players, the club and the competition. And that is important regardless of what he comes down with, because at least then we will know."
Demetriou urged Dank to front ASADA if he has further information that could assist the agency and said he did not believe Dank had a viable legal case against the AFL.
"I can't imagine what case he has got, I can't imagine," Demetriou said.
"He's very strong on a lot of things, and if he wants to say something he should put up and face ASADA and stop jumping over his three-foot gate."
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