Australian Institute of Sport Guidelines To Give Clubs Greater Responsibility

Sports scientists with a history of "inappropriate conduct" would be "frozen out and the injection of supplements banned under stringent new Australian Institute of Sport guidelines released" Tuesday, according to Greg Baum of the SYDNEY MORNING HERALD. Scientists would "have to be appropriately qualified, and their work closely monitored, but club or team doctors would be in ultimate charge of medication." The board and senior management of a sports organization would be required to familiarize themselves "with all aspects of its sports science program." The guidelines say that "'Don't ask, don't tell' is not an acceptable position to adopt.'' All sporting organizations in the country will be urged to adopt them. Those dependent on government funding "will have little choice." The AIS, the biggest employer of sports scientists in the country, will be bound by the guidelines (SMH, 5/29).