St Kilda are overhauling their player development program as the AFL club reels from the suspension of four players for drug and alcohol-related indiscretions.
Coach Ross Lyon said everyone at the club was shocked at the incidents involving Zac Dawson, Rhys Stanley, Paul Cahill, and Jack Steven at a recent pre-season camp in New Zealand.
The quartet were suspended for six weeks and fined $5000 each for the misuse of alcohol and prescribed medication, as well as breaking a team curfew.
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Lyon says St Kilda need to overhaul their development program, taking into account the bigger issue of young players without fulltime study or work outside football.
