Silence ... Nathan Bock could come under ASADA scrutiny. Source: Adam Head / News Limited
Nathan Bock returned to training on Tuesday to resume rehabilitation on his broken leg wondering, as he has for four months now, when the Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority investigators will call.
Gold Coast chief executive Travis Auld has urged the authorities to begin their investigations, which will also include former staffers Stephen Dank and Dean Robinson, so the Suns knew exactly what had occured in 2010.
But they are likely to be the last club off the rank, with a probe into Melbourne set to follow the current investigation at Essendon.
The investigations were never given a deadline and the initial belief was they could take the best part of the season.
But there is now a strong push from ASADA and the AFL to reach a conclusion soon and insiders are anticipating a finding on Essendon to be handed down by the middle of the year.
ASADA are in the second week of interviews with Bombers players and are likely to take another week or perhaps two.
Although the Suns insist they have still not received any official word from the doping watchdogs, Bock and the club had been aware for several months that the vice-captain had been linked to the scandal.
The Suns are frustrated that the first they heard of Bock's links were from media enquiries, which date back to February.
It has taken a toll on the South Australian defender and Auld said the club was counseling him through the ordeal.
"The welfare of our players is paramount and we will make sure he is well supported," he said.
ASADA will investigate claims he injected himself with the banned peptide CJC-1295 in 2010 as he recovered from injury.
The peptide releases a growth hormone and is usually injected into the abdomen.
While a guilty finding could lead to a two-year ban, there is a push for the penalties for the suppliers of drugs that breach the WADA code to athletes to be far harsher.
The Australian Crime Commission has released a report in which it calls for legislation that would make the offence punishable by a minimum three-year prison term.
Dank has been interviewed twice by the ACC but has refused to cooperate with ASADA.
He is not compelled to front ASADA as he is no longer employed by a sporting club.
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