Make cheating a crime, says AFL

Make cheating a crime, says AFL
Melissa Jenkins

The AFL is urging the federal government to make cheating in sport a crime, punishable by up to 10 years' jail.

The league's general manager of football operations Adrian Anderson says bribery and corruption have cast a shadow on other sports abroad and the government should introduce laws to protect the integrity of Australian sport.

"We have seen countless examples of international sports brought to their knees by gambling-related corruption," Mr Anderson told reporters at the launch of Responsible Gambling Awareness Week on Sunday.

"Gambling advertising is pervasive," Mr Anderson said.

"You pick up ... any newspaper, any television station, there's advertising of gambling.

"Gambling has become normalised," he told AAP.