Should the AFL ban players that test positive for banned substances?

Question

Should the AFL ban players that test positive for banned substances?

Answer 1

no

west coast would never be able to field a team

Answer 2

duh ...ofcourse they should

Answer 3

Yes

1 strike, your out

Players know that it's wrong, but they go ahead and do it anyway

Answer 4

Of course they should be banned. Only druggies will argue otherwise.

Answer 5

It depends on if you mean illicit drugs or performance enhancing drugs.

I think the general rule should be the first time you recieve a warning, and the public is told. The second time you should be banned for a year. If after the player returns and he is once again found guilty, that is the time they should be banned for life. This is more suited to performance enhancing substances, not illicit drugs though.

Answer 6

The simple answer is Yes  - especially if they are of the performance enhancing variety as it is nothing more than cheating.

EDIT: Laurie N: I have had enough. Go and pick someone elses answers apart coz I am over it! (I would contact you direct but  you are too gutless to put your contact email on your profile) Not Cheating if it doesn't help you win?

Answer 7

Give them a warning, to enable them to get off the stuff, for a minor offence at a game at first, but if it's repeated, or if the player is copped for drink/drug driving;suspend automatically and publish the details.

A week for the offence, and a week extra for each .01 over the limit for booze, for example. Don't know how you measure drug use, but a comparative figure.

So Mr Shaw, blowing .144 it is claimed, would be outed for 10 weeks - which is a bit more than he got, because the Magpies may have played one final at least.

We don't need drugs of any but medicinal type in AFL!

Answer 8

Only if it is steroids. If it is anything else illegal but not peformance enhancing then no.

Answer 9

the simple answer is yes, they are role models to younger kids

Answer 10

i think so

Footballers can get away for alot things at times and its unfair.

Everybody else gets the punishment, so should they

Answer 11

Yes definitely but when you consider Cousins gave 14 clear drug samples there must be something drastically wrong with the testing procedures.

Answer 12

Oh not the role model thing again? Surely we are talking private behaviour, not about going down the park and smoking a bong while the littleys play roundabout?  I want to know specifically which drugs are they prohibited from taking. What right has the AFL to play God?

What's happening to our basic freedoms? If somebody has the money to destroy his body for gaining 5 years edge in performance, why shouldn't he? It's the same with recreational drugs, enjoy if you want to. If you OD, whose fault is that. People must take responsibility for themselves.

Somebody somewhere makes laws banning these substances, so they go underground. If they were legal there would be no problem but for people killing themselves with overdoses. Their problem, not mine. I think we should make all mind altering drugs legal or illegal. In that case -

WHY IS ALCOHOL NOT A BANNED SUBSTANCE????

Answer 13

Banned substance yes, illegal substance-see you later, find a new job

Answer 14

Yes.

I don't know of any other professional sport where this does not happen.

Answer 15

MY BLOODY OATH THEY SHOULD KENNY BOY.

I'd a/hole them out of the sport so fast, their feet wouldn't touch the ground, i HATE druggo's, can't help it, they are just a waste of oxygen.  Selfish b******s in every aspect.

give em all a needle, one to put em to sleep permanently, party drugs, dope, whatever all as bad as each other.

Answer 16

Perhaps they should be suspended for testing positive to banned substances with a warning for a first offence, a suspension for a further offence and then any further offence automatic ban.  Three strikes and you're out.  Lets face it, even our courts don't incarcerate people when they are caught taking drugs, they usually get a fine, community service etc, so why shouldn't footy players have a second chance.  And I don't think they should be named publicly the first time they offend.  Role models come from what our children see on the television and in magazines etc. They certainly don't see an AFL player shooting up on the sports field, it's only the media that dig and delve and 'expose' the private lives of sports stars, celebs etc. You can't model yourself on something you know nothing about or don't see!!  

Answer 17

The answer is yes.

My view is that those who oppose the ban are probably people who use such substances themselves - & therefore are of this view to ease their own conscience!

Answer 18

I think so...... If any normal Jo-Blo turned up to their job with drugs in their system 9 times out of 10 they'd be sacked..... so what makes our footballers any different? They should be treated like anyone else if they break the law....

Answer 19

Definitely.

There should be no 1st, 2nd or 3rd strike. One hit & you're out!

The militant Players Association led by Brendon Gale would threaten strike action if this action was to be taken. I often wonder why he, in particular, is so against drug testing; naming of offenders etc.