For one, the cavalier and thoughtless Carlisle has been signed to a rich new deal and came to the Saints in place of a talented teenager judged the fifth best of his age in the land. The marketing component of his contract will be removed given Carlisle signed on for ambassadorial work after he used an illicit drug and allowed the act to be filmed. Various performance clauses will also be examined by the club's lawyers but the Saints have categorically denied the essence of Carlisle's contract would be changed. Another source of outrage is that Carlisle, as has always been the case, will not automatically register a positive drug detection because he has transgressed during his leave period. But his exposure will count as a notification or "self report" and Fairfax Media understands that St Kilda is pushing for its new player to voluntarily place himself under a drug strike.

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Carlisle met his new CEO Matt Finnis on Friday and could face the club's leadership group as early as next week with captain Nick Riewoldt joining via video link for what should be an uncomfortable session.

Meanwhile the AFL remains steadfast it has achieved a stronger outcome on behalf of the clubs by prolonging the final announcement of the illicit drugs policy. While the players were adamant that clubs not be informed of illicit drug use after one strike, the league has achieved a number of caveats against that. Footballers continuing to act outside the spirit of the policy will be reported to their clubs and subjected to more intensive scrutiny and treatment whether or not they have reached two positive detections. Those exceptions will include players registering multiple positive hair tests, which do not officially count as detections under the new rules.

And under the transitional agreement to be put to the commission next week, players sitting on one strike are expected to be fined $5000 should they register a second positive drug detection although not suspended for the four weeks under the new policy. Those players will also be reported to their club chiefs. Players currently on two strikes will also received compromised but hefty penalties should they register a third detection which under the new rules will see footballers fined a further $10,000 and suspended for 12 weeks.