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Is it really illegal?The most puzzling question in all of this is how performance-enhancing substances came to be an area of massive federal regulation. ASADA is a body established by commonwealth legislation and funded by taxpayers. The AFL and NRL, like the other major football codes and the governing bodies of tennis and cricket in Australia, are private businesses with substantial revenues, particularly from sponsorship and media rights. They are presumably quite capable of regulating drug use within their sports if they wish to do so.
The answer from Canberra no doubt would be that the federal government puts a lot of money into all major sports, including $300 million towards the team that was sent to the London Olympics last year. It is possible to be a sports fan, however, and still question whether this is a proper use of the limited pool of taxpayers' dollars.
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