Player agent Peter Jess calls on AFL to establish fund to research health effects of injected players Player manager Peter Jess believes the club's $2 million fine should go towards medical research into the long-term health effects on players caught up in the supplements scandal. PLAYER agents are calling for Essendon's $2 million fine to be spent on medical research into the long-term health effects of the players injected by Stephen Dank. The Bombers were whacked with footy's heaviest fine as part of yesterday's swag of penalties for the club's 2012 supplements program. "The Essendon Football Club fine should not be part of the AFL's consolidated revenue," player manager Peter Jess said today. The fine must be quarantined and placed into a research fund administered by the AFLPA, the AFL and independent medical experts. AOD-9604 safety still unproven It should be restricted to facilitate research into the long-term impact the substances that have been ingested by injection into the players bloodstream to understand if there are any likelihood or carcinogens or diabetic type outcomes that may manifest from the supplements program either in the short, medium or long term. The AFL should be compelled to now introduce Workers Compensation type insurance for all players, not just Essendon Football Club players, to ensure the long term health and safety of players post their AFL/VFL careers. This is the logical step given that the AFL has declared that the health and safety are the primary mandate of the AFL. This can only be achieved with universal Workers Compensation type insurance. To not introduce this is to fail the players again.