Essendon will hold another meeting with concerned parents and partners of players at the AFL club over the Bombers’ supplements scandal.

Fairfax Media reports the meeting will take place next Tuesday night at Windy Hill.

The report quotes a former club figure as saying some players were seeking independent medical advice over the substances they were given last year in Essendon’s supplements program.

That regime has been the subject of Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority (ASADA) and AFL investigations since February 5.

The club first met with players’ parents soon after Essendon announced they were to be investigated.

On Tuesday the AFL charged Essendon, coach James Hird and senior club officials Dr Bruce Reid, Danny Corcoran and Mark Thompson with conduct unbecoming or bringing the game into disrepute.

Those charges are scheduled to go before an AFL Commission hearing on August 26, but there is strong speculation about court injunctions.

AFL chief executive Andrew Demetriou admits that the league’s disciplinary process could drag on well after the set hearing date.

Demetriou was asked on Friday if the hearing could be delayed or if the matter could even go into next season.

“That’s entirely up those who have been charged,” Demetriou told 3AW.

“If they want to try and delay it or if they want to say they need more time, that’s entirely their prerogative. They are entitled to do that.

“But at some point in time, this will be heard.”

Demetriou also rejected any suggestion he had a conflict of interest and should not sit on the commission for the hearing.

Hird’s legal team is apparently arguing that Demetriou has a conflict, because of a conversation the AFL boss had with former Essendon chairman David Evans the night before the Bombers announced they were coming under investigation.

“Unless I hear otherwise, that is what I intend doing,” Demetriou said when asked if he would be part of the commission for the hearing.

“I’m not sure what the conflict is.

“That’s just lawyers writing letters – I’m yet to understand what the conflict is.”

Demetriou added the league plans to make public details of its charges before August 26.

He said the AFL hopes to release them next week.

“It is our intention to release the particulars of the charges in the next few days, because it’s important for people to understand … what is behind the charge of conduct unbecoming,” Demetriou said.

“There is a series of particulars that goes to that charge.”

Demetriou also would like the August 26 hearing to be public.

“There’s a lot of merit in a public hearing,” he said.

Demetriou said the league and Essendon want the interim ASADA report to be made public after the commission hearing.

The league laid the charges after receiving the ASADA report at the start of this month.

ASADA’s investigation of Essendon is ongoing, with no time frame for when it will end.

The AFL said at this stage, there were no anti-doping charges against Essendon players.

“From our perspective, we’ve said consistently we would like and we intend making the report public,” Demetriou said.