MELBOURNE skipper David Neitz wants a separate AFL tribunal to help stamp out antisocial off-field behaviour from players.

Melbourne's Herald Sun newspaper reported on Thursday morning that the veteran Demon has suggested an off-field tribunal which would be able to administer suspensions and fines for serious indiscretions.

"There's a tribunal for on-field, there could be a tribunal for off-field," Neitz is quoted as saying in the article.

"With guys at the moment, police are involved. Is there a need for an off-field tribunal?

"For extreme cases, maybe there could be something along those lines.

"I'm not saying it's the 100 per cent answer, but I think it needs to be looked into," Neitz said.

It is often left to club leadership groups to decide what punishment is suitable for misbehaving players, but the inconsistency in this system was illustrated by Carlton's Brendan Fevola being free to play in round one despite urinating in public, while Demon Colin Sylvia was suspended for missing a recovery session and breaking curfew.

Neitz is of the opinion player behaviour was still lagging significantly behind community standards and wants AFL clubs to bury once and for all the old "boys will be boys" attitude.

The 33-year-old forward has called for a think-tank involving club captains, community leaders, the AFL and the AFL Players' Association in a bid to raise the bar.

"We need to admit to the fact that expectations have changed and we haven't quite changed in line with that," Neitz is quoted as saying in the article.

"We need to say, 'We're failing in some areas and let's aspire to reach these new community standards'.

"We need to join all the key people together and give ourselves a benchmark."

He said expectations on modern players were a "hell of a lot higher" than when he made his senior debut in 1993.

"The expectation is probably twice what it was even five years ago," Neitz said.

The respected 302-game said expectations, or job description, of an AFL footballer now had to be more clearly defined.

"What happened 10 years ago is not the reality of today's professional AFL football," Neitz said.

He said any off-field tribunal would need to be flexible, given the grey areas misdemeanours away from the game can throw up.

The full-forward has overseen a player-driven crackdown at Melbourne, including the suspension of Sylvia and Nathan Carroll and the omission of Brock McLean from the leadership group.