Collingwood soccer boss Graham Wright has shut down options the membership has a bootleg drug downside regardless of small ahead Jack Ginnivan’s shock confession.
Ginnivan has been suspended for the primary two video games of the season after admitting to taking illicit medicine after imaginative and prescient emerged of him snorting a substance, believed to be ketamine, in the bathroom of a Torquay lodge final month throughout a pre-season camp.
He has accepted a strike beneath the AFL’s drug coverage and can be goal examined this season, whereas he has additionally been hit with a $5000 suspended superb.
For every sport Ginnivan will miss, he may even lose roughly $5000 in match funds.
Wright stated it was “an isolated incident” and was assured no different gamers have been concerned, regardless of a number of being on the venue on the time.
“Absolutely we feel like we are (in a good place). This is an isolated incident and that is the way we are treating it. It is not a pattern of behaviour from him or anyone else at the club,” he stated.
“We continually educate our players all the time and our staff around the correct behaviours and around drugs. They receive education from us through the AFLPA.
“There is no shortage of education with players. It’s not good enough and Jack is going to wear that.
“I would hope it wasn’t a major issue but players are part of society and drugs are part of society. We certainly hope our players don’t partake in illicit drugs. I don’t think it’s a big issue in the competition and we certainly don’t think it is here.”
“I dont think we are ever happy to be in this situation but Jack owned it. I questioned him about his behaviour and what had transpired and he owned it straight away.
“Absolutely he is incredibly remorseful about being in this situation and overall we are hoping he learns from it. We don’t want to be here again.”
Ginnivan made the confession on Saturday, telling 7News that he let “44 of my best mates down”.
“When I walked into the bathroom, I didn’t think someone would be videoing me,” he stated.
“It’s obviously a private place and I can image anyone else being videoed in a bathroom would be pretty uncomfortable.”
Source: www.perthnow.com.au
