This is just another example of the AFL being soft on drugs. They claim that their 3 strikes policies is a leader in drug rehabilitation, but they won't tell the club involved until strike 3, which is absolutely the worst way to deal with it. The club is the one best positioned to deal with the problem and by the time they can actually do anything it is too late.



The AFL just wants to keep it's image clean. The fact that Ben Cousins never tested positive is evidence that the AFL is slack on the issue and desperately wants to avoid any positive tests.



I have it on good advice that there have been far more 3 strikes than just Travis Tuck. 3 are regular senior players and one is a major name (can't name because of legal implications), the AFL will do anything to protect its name and if this means covering up positive tests then AD & AA will gladly sign off on it.