Teen footballers paid with drugs: pastor

[Naycha]

A pastor at Port Lincoln says he has lodged a complaint with South Australian police alleging teenagers have been paid with cannabis to play for a local football club.

 

Pastor Lutz Mueller says he is aware of 16-year-old players being given a fixed quantity of cannabis by club representatives.

He claims many locals are aware of the practice and some talented Indigenous footballers are among the targets.

Police are investigating the allegations.

 

ABC News

[Anakha]

More proof religion is evil and I needed to be a better footballer... lucky buggers I only ever got paid in slabs to play cricket

Anakha

[Brimstond]

sweet , might have to take up football in south oz ..............if you play like crap do you still get the herb..?

 

cheers Brimstond

[Cerberus]

Well it's good that he wasn't discriminating between the black kids and the white kids

 

The local morning show had a radio host commenting on this story this morning, he mentioned at one point "I've seen football players on marijuana, they're lazy, demotivated, they don't want to be there, they're useless!"

 

I had to laugh, you've seen football players on marijuana? where? what game? Why we're they all stoned?