Finnis, the former AFLPA CEO, queried Little’s Friday night address where the Dons chairman pleaded for closure on the case and aired his disappointment with incoming ASADA chief Ben McDevitt declining requests to meet.
“I’ve got to say, that’s not a comment the leadership of our game really should be putting out there,” Finnis told the Sunday Footy Show.
“(It’s) not personally offensive, but I don’t think that’s something which the leaders of this game should be promulgating.”
Finnis stood by his previous comments the club should have self-reported from the beginning, giving the players an opportunity to explain their version of the events in 2012.
Little stated last month the Bombers’ decision to self-report concerns over its controversial program “didn’t work”.
“For us to suggest that if you become aware of something which goes to health and safety, which goes to potential breaches of integrity, I think we’d all rely upon the fact that clubs would put their hands up and talk to the right authorities about that,” Finnis said.
“We can’t lose sight of essentially what our moral compass is as an industry, as a league.
“These players were going to work in an environment which the club’s own independent report described as 'pharmacologically experimental'.
“The players needed to share this information so people around them could make assessments as to the risks they were exposed to. Let alone in relation to their health, let alone in relation to any anti-doping rules.”
Finnis has played a crucial role in the player’s dealings throughout the ongoing investigation, before accepting the vacant CEO position at St Kilda in March.
“ASADA is one organisation people should support because it’s actually the one that’s got to go and create a clean playing field for everybody,” he said.
“The fact it (the Essendon investigation) keeps dragging on is something which the government needs to bring to bear straight away.”
