Essendon coach Mark Thompson says his players aren’t facing health risks over the club’s 2012 supplements program. Photo: Pat Scala
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Essendon coach Mark Thompson insists his players aren’t facing health risks over the club’s 2012 supplements program, despite revelations the AFL was monitoring them over fears of cancer and hormonal problems.
Thompson said on Friday the Essendon players had been extensively briefed by club officials regarding the supplements given to them.
“I think it’s okay. The players have been communicated to by specialists and the drugs, the supplements that we have given the players, they know that they’re not harmful,” Thompson told reporters.