NBA legend Andrew Bogut claims he was offered drugs by AFL players in Melbourne nightclubs as outspoken former Golden State Warriors star slams drug scandal 'cover up'

Andrew Bogut has accused the AFL of a 'cover up' and claims he has been offered drugs by its stars following explosive allegations about cocaine use in the game.

Footy has been mired in a drug scandal after it was claimed players have been told to fake injuries in order to circumvent testing after taking cocaine.

The explosive allegation has seen World Anti-Doping Agency founding president Dick Pound liken the league's supposed practices to those used by the cheating East German athletes in the 1970s. 

AFL chief executive Andrew Dillon was far from impressed with that comparison, but former NBA star Bogut has piled in on the beleaguered sport, jokingly calling for the creation of a cocaine 'cover up' round. 

'The AFL continues to tell people about how they should live their lives but they should clean up their own league before they start preaching on social issues,' the former Golden State Warriors star said.

'It's quite obvious what's happened – the AFL knew they had a problem with guys using drugs, so let's just have them pull out with a sore hammy and dodge the testing that way.

'Anyone with half a brain can see why they've done it. They've obviously tried to move the chess pieces around to navigate a (WADA) policy they have agreed to abide by – because the carrot is federal government funding.'

Bogut added that he had been offered drugs by players on nights out in Melbourne.

'Everyone knows what goes on in Melbourne. I've been to numerous nightclubs where the AFL guys are drinking a bottle of water and jumping around like crazy,' he revealed. 

'I've been offered it (drugs) by AFL players and the fact that it has been kept under wraps for so long just shows how far the AFL tentacles can reach.' 

Elsewhere, Pound urged the Australian police to investigate possible links between players and organised crime gangs that could be supplying illicit drugs.

But Dillon dismissed Pound's 'ill-informed' view.

Dick Pound has been an incredible administrator, he's had some very important roles, but in relation to those comments I think he is way off the mark there.

'They are ill-informed and they are wrong but what I will say is that the open conversations that have come about as a result of some of this reporting, I think that's important and we are up for conversations,' Dillon told 3AW radio.

'We have been on the record as saying that our illicit drugs policy is under review and these conversations will help us shape a policy that is fit for purpose for 2024 and beyond …'

Geelong coach Chris Scott echoed the comments from Dillon.

'That Dick Pound from Canada, or wherever he is, doesn't have an intimate understanding of the policy. Clearly, he's giving every indication that he doesn't understand it if he's comparing it to the East Germans.

'A long time ago the players submitted to a system where they said 'yes, we will be a party to the WADA policy but on top of that – and separate to that – we will submit ourselves to an illicit drugs policy'.

'The players submit to it on the basis that it's a welfare-based program, not one where you can satisfy the whims of the people that just love the naming and shaming.'