On July 5th, a prominent Australian Rules football player suffered an \u2018adverse reaction\u2019 to sleeping pills after a game. Drug testing confirmed that the player had not taken any banned drugs and there was no suggestion of that. The media ran stories of players being on a cycle of caffeine \u2018uppers\u2019 followed by sleeping pill \u2018downers\u2019 as a part of the weekly cycle. TV File footage showed \u2018No Doz\u2019 tablet being available to players in the rooms immediately prior to a game. A few former players acknowledged that taking caffeine tablets was part of some players\u2019 routines. Note that Australian Rules football is largely played in one time zone and the player in question was not from a team that regularly travels across time zones.<\/p>\n