Some of the brightest football minds, as well as a long list of high profile administrators, say gambling is the biggest issue facing AFL players today.
The topic was discussed on Drivelast week after a whisper was published which claimed bikies visited an AFL club over an unpaid gambling debt.
Mark Robinson, the chief football writer with the Herald Sun, says he has spoken with a prominent Melbourne psychologist named Jan Beames, who specialises in treating people, including elite AFL players, with serious gambling addictions. The story is set to appear on the front page of tomorrows Herald Sun.
Jan says that she has counselled players from 10 clubs, interstate players fly in from Melbourne to go and see her, shes got some …
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