‘May have saved him’: Father of late AFL player hits out in heartbreaking claim
He did not play a senior game for the Demons and retired during his only season with the club in August, 2018, at the age of 21, saying he had lot passion for the game.
According to the report, Balic’s death has become the focus of a Sports Integrity Australia investigation. Suggestions players would be able to fake injuries in order to be pulled out of matches at late notice — to avoid match day anti-doping drug tests — sparked fierce debate about the clandestine testing program.
“The huge disappointment is that the AFL knew a lot and as a family we weren’t told. We may have saved him earlier. “Take Harley Balic, for example. A few years after Harley Balic left the Melbourne Football Club he was dead related to drug use.”
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