Sunday 10 July 2011

Alex Wilson says his team is not a drug cheat

East Perth chief executive Alex Wilson has defended his club's culture and remarked that there is not a widespread issue with illicit drug use despite a second player facing a possible ban of two years over a positive test.
The positive test issue is bound for the WAFL tribunal if the footballer's B sample confirms the results.
From Au.news.yahoo.com:
It is the second time in the space of 12 months that a Royals player has returned a positive drug test. Dean Cadwallader was suspended for the maximum two years.
Wilson said the club was disappointed at the positive test but refused to concede the two cases were linked to an inherent culture problem at East Perth.
"We've had close to 100 players on our list from time to time and you take two out of that, that's the situation," Wilson said.
"I wouldn't prefer to say that this club's got a drug culture at all. It's just a matter of two people and let's face it, if the B sample comes up (negative), it's one."
The unnamed senior player is believed to have tested positive to both an anabolic steroid and cocaine.

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