Demetriou: Tank probe top priority

AFL chief executive Andrew Demetriou has spoken about the tanking investigation. Source: Herald Sun

EXCLUSIVE: AFL chief executive Andrew Demetriou says there will be no whitewash of any investigation into tanking.

While the AFL chief would not speak specifically about the ongoing probe into the Melbourne Football Club, he insisted the league treated any questioning of the game's integrity with the highest importance.

"We have said the greatest threat that we face going forward is integrity and I think we have always been very strong in this area,'' Demetriou told News Ltd today.

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"I don't think there is a place in any sport for people who challenge the integrity of the sport.''

Demetriou said he had been briefed by AFL football operations manager Adrian Anderson about the Demons' probe, which has intensified after interviews with current and former officials.

But he said he had deliberately keeping an "arm's length'' from it, in case it has to go to the AFL Commission, on which he sits.

Tank 'for the kids'

Demetriou said there was no time frame for a conclusion, with Anderson and his team having as much time as they need to complete it.

"I am not involved (in the investigation),'' Demetriou said.

"I sit on the commission and if Adrian believes it is serious enough to go to the commission, then I have to make sure I am at arm's length because I might have to listen to it.

"Adrian has said: 'I will take as long as I have to with Brett Clothier (AFL integrity manager) to finish my investigation'.

"I have not formed a view one way or another because I am not privy to all the information.''

The Demons face the loss of draft picks at next month's AFL draft, including the prized No.4 pick, if they are found to have tanked.

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