 At the same time, rival football codes were intentionally trying to bring in ethnic participants in order to expand their youth playing base.Doping became a concern during the 1980s and more active steps were taken to combat it in Australia in the early 1990s.In 1990, the "Australian Sports Drug Agency Act 1990" was passed and took control of doping test away from the Australian Sport Commission and put it into the hands of an independent doping control agency as of 17 February 1991.