West Coast football boss Craig Vozzo has outlined two things the club learnt as a result of the Willie Rioli ASADA situation.
As revealed by SEN Chief Sports Reporter Sam Edmund on Thursday afternoon, Rioli has been handed a backdated two-year doping ban by ASADA, bringing an end to the long-running saga which has stretched across nearly two years.
Rioli will be eligible to train at the club on June 20, before being able to play at AFL level on August 20.
Vozzo said the process to hand down a sanction had to be reduced, while also reaffirming his belief that educating players about illicit drugs and their responsibilities as an AFL player had to be as clear as possible.
“We’ve learnt two things,” he said on Sportsday.
“One is the education process for all players under the AFL system, we and all the other clubs are going above and beyond for the education for the players in the system.
“The other thing in a general sense in the process needs to be look at, it’s very long-winded and we’d think there’s a better way to govern these types of serious matters.
“It’s not about reducing the severity of what we’re trying to achieve with these matters, it’s more the process to come to a resolution has to be far less than 18 months in our view.”