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Gillon McLachlan is back from the US, but Andrew Demetriou doesn't return until Wednesday. Source: Jay Town / Herald Sun
THE AFL could not guarantee it would make a decision before the finals on whether to punish Essendon over the supplements saga.
The league took possession on Friday of the Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority's 400-page interim report into the Bombers' controversial sports science program and has forwarded a copy to the club.
It's understood the AFL, which has stated its determination to protect the "integrity" of the finals series, pushed for the interim report to give it time to take action against the club, if deemed necessary, before September.
But, after returning from an equalisation fact-finding mission to the US, league deputy chief executive Gillon McLachlan said he was unsure if that was possible.
"We'll see where the report takes us," McLachlan told Channel 9 on Sunday.
AFL boss Andrew Demetriou won't be back in Melbourne until Wednesday after deciding to stay in the US for a sports conference.
McLachlan's comment came as Adelaide chief operating officer Nigel Smart predicted Essendon would be stripped of its points this season.
AFL general counsel Andrew Dillon will make the decision on whether the league pushes to charge the Bombers with bringing the game into disrepute.
Coach James Hird could also be pursued for conduct unbecoming.
It's believed the league will make its position known before next Monday when the AFL Commission is next due to meet.
That would give Essendon two weeks to respond before the commission meets again on August 26. The league has made it clear those dates are fluid.
Any decision on whether Essendon players will face individual sanctions doesn't appear possible until ASADA completes the full report.
Bombers sources were confident the players would not be penalised.
They were also of the belief that no decision should be made on whether the club should be punished until the report was finished.
That report may not include input from sacked sports scientist Stephen Dank, who has again told the Herald Sun he will fight any push to be interviewed by ASADA investigators, despite the agency gaining powers to force people to be interviewed, with daily fines of $5100 if they refuse.
Smart said Essendon was about to take a big penalty.
"The report will detail what it will detail, but I think Essendon will get hit by the AFL in terms of bringing the game into disrepute and I wouldn't be surprised if they lose their points for the year," Smart told ABC radio.
"It's not good for footy, the Essendon situation. It will come out in the report, which is only a few days away."
It also emerged yesterday that Essendon interim chief executive Ray Gunston had moved to clear the air with Collingwood, which had been linked to the drugs saga in an interview given last week by the Bombers' former high performance manager, Dean Robinson.
Magpies president Eddie McGuire asked Gunston to stand up at a pre-match function at the MCG yesterday.
"Ray was good enough to ring up and apologise on behalf of the Bombers, which was gratefully accepted, knowing full well you had nothing to do with it (drug allegation)," McGuire said.
"We didn't take offence."
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