Bailey Smith will not be punished for taking drugs, but he can expect to be punished for being filmed with a small bag of illicit drugs, thereby embarrassing the AFL, writes Michael Gleeson | OPINION agerealfooty
Bailey Smith can expect to be punished for being filmed with a small bag of illicit drugs. He will not be punished for taking the drugs. He’ll be punished for embarrassing the AFL.
This is the intriguing thing about what happens next. History from the Shane Mumford, Tyson Stengle, Brad Crouch incidents says Smith will be punished by the AFL for conduct unbecoming and or bringing the game into disrepute and most likely receive a suspension of a couple of games on top of his existing two-game ban for headbutting.
This is not necessarily wrong but an oft-criticised element of the illicit drug policy by the fan and a frustration for the paid-up member is that the policy does not punish the player for behaviour that is at best suboptimal for them performing to their best as footballers.
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