Players told to go it alone on lawyers THE former head of the Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority has encouraged the players at the centre of the investigation to source their own independent legal counsel, warning a show of solidarity will result only in some being left "without a chair." Richard Ings also urged the players to end the code of silence which has shadowed the investigation and resulted in delays in the interview process. Ings's advice for the 31 players under the gaze of ASADA comes as one of the game's leading agents is behind a push for those involved to form a united front, including the sharing of legal representatives. "It's in the best interests of each individual player to sit down and talk to ASADA at the earliest opportunity accompanied by their own personal legal representative," Ings said. If I was a player I would want my own legal counsel. I wouldn't want to be sharing a lawyer with someone else because how can a lawyer advise me if it means incriminating one of the other players he is representing.