Winstonm Posted May 9, 2009 Report Share Posted May 9, 2009 Don't you know that when the bust comes, the story is always that the dope belongs to my cousin, not to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenberg Posted May 9, 2009 Report Share Posted May 9, 2009 I guess there are three distinct questions: 1. Should some substances be banned?2. Is the current list reasonable?3. Is it likely that a player has inadvertently used a banned substance? 1. The answer to one is an easy yes, I would think. If any substance is allowed there will always be people who will take the most godawful things, putting others at a disadvantage. Setting up a sport in that way would be grossly immoral. 2. Beats me, but that is an issue that needs discussion in general, not as a defense in a specific case. 3. In a silly sort of way it is possible. We probably all know bridge players who will huddle before playing a stiff. They don't know that it is improper. If a director explains that it is, then they will perhaps know for fifteen minutes that it is improper but then they again do not know. Athletes make a lot of money (a news flash, I know). They can afford to pay good money to doctors to get the very best care and they can choose a doctor who takes seriously the importance of keeping the athlete on the right side of the drug list. Or they can choose a doctor who is perpetually surprised. Oh, this is banned? Really? Who would have known? Golly gee. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aberlour10 Posted May 9, 2009 Report Share Posted May 9, 2009 Another "fallen hero" in todays european sport headlines. Current world best one-day race rider in cycling Tom Boonen has tested positive for cocaine,second time in 12 months.. only a few weeks after his tremendous ride in the most important classic Paris-Roubaix. Season for season all this cycling stars assure in solemn pledges: "Now, we are clean and we will stay so". Nobody belives it anymore, they remain a "Circle of Cheaters". Robert Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kgr Posted May 10, 2009 Report Share Posted May 10, 2009 Another "fallen hero" in todays european sport headlines. Current world best one-day race rider in cycling Tom Boonen has tested positive for cocaine,second time in 12 months.. only a few weeks after his tremendous ride in the most important classic Paris-Roubaix. Season for season all this cycling stars assure in solemn pledges: "Now, we are clean and we will stay so". Nobody belives it anymore, they remain a "Circle of Cheaters". Robert Not sure if this one was cheating or too much decompression. It was taken in his off season, while probably not even training was done. About the other case that was discussed here: The just started to do doping tests in America. In a couple of years you will better accept it. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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