No nothing happens in the AFL, I'm sure.
I agree the NRL has a reputation for trouble but the AFL is no better, in fact given the amount of drug related incidents that keep coming up I'd say it is probably worse but have better media relations.
I hadn't intended to go AFL v NRL but here's a small list I found about AFL incidents this year only and it's not over yet.
# Richmond's Troy Taylor was accused of assault in Alice Springs.
# Geelong's Mathew Stokes was arrested and charged with possession and trafficking of cocaine. Stokes was suspended for eight matches and fined $5,000 for bringing the AFL into disrepute. He was cleared of the trafficking charge; he was placed on a 12 month good behaviour bond and fined $3,000 on the possession charge.
# Richmond players engaged in a brawl after a lengthy drinking session and damaged the team's hotel after the team's loss to the Sydney Swans in Round 3. The instigator, Daniel Connors, was suspended for eight matches, while Ben Cousins, Luke McGuane and Dean Polo were each suspended for one match for their role in the incident.
# Collingwood coach Mick Malthouse abused St. Kilda's Stephen Milne in a fiery quarter-time confrontation between St. Kilda players and Collingwood coaching staff which was broken up by the umpires.[207] Malthouse apologized for the incident, and was fined $7,500; Milne and Collingwood assistant coach Paul Licuria were fined $3,000 each.
# Following an AFL investigation into gambling on a 2010 NAB Cup semi-final and the 2009 AFL Grand Final, six officials were named for breaching the AFL anti-gambling code. The officials named are goal umpire Chris Appleton, interchange stewards Wayne Siekman and John Wise (suspended for the remainder of the season (20 matches)), timekeeper Matthew Hollington (suspended for five matches), Port Adelaide assistant coach Matthew Primus (suspended for two matches), and Western Bulldogs director Geoff Walsh (fined $7,500).
# Collingwood defender Simon Buckley keyed the side of his former girlfriend's car, causing $5,000 damage, after a nasty breakup. He was suspended for three matches, and agreed to pay for the damage and undergo counselling.
# Former Saint Andrew Lovett was charged with a second count of rape.
# Fremantle ruckman Michael Johnson was questioned by police on 6 May on a drug related matter. He was charged on summons with possessing cocaine, suspended for five matches and fined $5,000 for bringing the AFL into disrepute. He pleaded guilty and was fined $500 in court.
# 12 AFL footballers tested positive to illicit drugs in 2009, including cocaine and ice; two of the players were caught twice.
# Port Adelaide forward Daniel Motlop is being investigated by police over a claim that he assaulted a teammate's girlfriend.
# Former North Melbourne player Shannon Grant was locked up by police for drunkenness.
# Ben Cousins says he took about double the recommended dosage of tablets to help him sleep before he was rushed to hospital unconscious suffering from a severe reaction.
# Brendon Fevola was involved in an incident with a hotel duty manager during a raucous party he held in his room within weeks of his debut for the Brisbane Lions.
# Collingwood Magpies Heath Shaw was warned by a Magistrates' court to curb his drinking or risk going to jail and ruining his AFL career [219]
# Essendon Bombers star Michael Hurley was fined $10,000 over his involvement in the assault of a taxi driver last September after leaving a nightclub in South Melbourne.
# Former West Australian and Richmond Tigers player Mal Brown referred to indigenous players, including Saint Nicky Winmar, as "cannibals" at a luncheon.
# Former Hawthorn Football Club player Robert DiPierdomenico said that fellow Brownlow medallist Gavin Wanganeen was "not too bad for an abo" at a South Australian function.
# Former West Coast Eagles player Chad Fletcher was arrested in Sydney for cocaine possession
# Rape charges against St Kilda Saints player Stephen Milne were dropped after threats from other police, a former detective claims.
# A comedy performance by former Carlton premiership player Glenn Manton at the opening of a Melbourne primary school gymnasium left audience members stunned by its adult content.
# East Perth footballer Dean Cadwallader faces a two-year ban after testing positive to the banned steroid nandralone in late May when he was part of the WA State team which lost to Victoria.
# An Australian rules umpire punched a player's father in the face after he was accused of favouring the other team, a court has been told.
# AFL personality Sam Newman was found guilty in the Melbourne Magistrates Court of wilful damage and using indecent language when he called a woman a "*****" for hitting his parked car with her car door.
# Former regional footballer Kane Allen has been sentenced to 22 years in jail for murdering his wife before trying to disguise her death as a suicide.
# Secret police files gathered on AFL players, coaches, board members and even staff have been made available to the league, Victoria Police struck a deal with the league to share any records it has gathered on AFL identities, including handing over photos and videos.
# A junior football league has been embroiled in a sex scandal after two young footballers allegedly assaulted a female player during an under-14s game.
# Richmonds Troy Taylor, 18, appeared in the Alice Springs Magistrates Court on Monday, where he pleaded guilty to two counts of assault relating to an altercation which occurred on New Years Eve.
# An all-in brawl involving players, officials and spectators at a junior football final has left two players in hospital.
# Former West Coast Eagles midfielder Chad Fletcher has been arrested in Sydney, after allegedly being caught with cocaine in the notorious Kings Cross nightspot.
# Mark Eustice claims he was 72 hours from death after a bender including cocaine, speed, crystal meth, ecstasy and alcohol.
# Hawthorn footballer Travis Tuck has been treated for a drug overdose after patrolling police found himunconscious in the street in Berwick.
# Hawthorn midfielder Travis Tuck has become the first player to record a third strike under the AFL's controversial illicit drugs policy after being found unconscious by police.
# Brisbane Lions player Mitch Clark was thrown out of a Brisbane pub on Sunday night after allegedly urinating on a cigarette machine.
# A massive brawl involving hundreds of spectators erupted at a junior Australian Rules grand final in Alice Springs.
# A West Coast Eagles footballer was punched and another was forced to apologise to a woman he abused after an alcohol-fuelled night out.
# The father of Melbourne AFL footballer Nathan Jones has told a court he was attacked by an abusive spectator after asking him to stop swearing.
# Sam Newman held up a photo of a 107-year-old Malaysian woman on the Footy Show and called her new husband a "monkey".
# Hawthorne's horror end to the season has been thrown into more turmoil, after the club confirmed a group of players were involved in fight outside a McDonald’s restaurant in the early hours of Wednesday.
# Queensland police had launched a formal investigation into claims that Brendan Fevola had exposed himself to a woman at a Brisbane park. The Brisbane Lions Football Club suspended him indefinitely pending further investigations.
# Adelaide Crows, Tony Armstrong blows four times the limit, Armstrong recorded a blood alcohol reading of .213 when breath tested while driving home from a friend's party.
No the AFL guys are all good upstanding citizens.......
Ross
