The Landis Case

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trust but verify wrote:

The writer is, of course, entitled to his opinion, ill-informed though it may be, and taking the triumphalist line of the anti-doping agencies. An alternative might profitably be found at WADAwatch.blogspot.com , which today highlighted that,
Sadly, WADA didn't discern the fine and honorable nuance between:
“an aggressive campaign against the anti–doping movement�
and
“an aggressive campaign against the implementation and
administration of the anti–doping movement
by a small group of insiders�
The WADA enforcement mechanism is interested in finding accused dopers guilty -- which is quite different than assigning blame to guilty dopers.
TBV trustbut.blogspot.com

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trust but verify wrote:

The writer is, of course, entitled to his opinion, ill-informed though it may be, and taking the triumphalist line of the anti-doping agencies. An alternative might profitably be found at WADAwatch.blogspot.com , which today highlighted that,
Sadly, WADA didn't discern the fine and honorable nuance between:
“an aggressive campaign against the anti–doping movement�
and
“an aggressive campaign against the implementation and
administration of the anti–doping movement
by a small group of insiders�
The WADA enforcement mechanism is interested in finding accused dopers guilty -- which is quite different than assigning blame to guilty dopers.
TBV trustbut.blogspot.com

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Step Your Game UP wrote:

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Thanks for this info. This anti-doping saga does nothing to do what it was intended to do-stop the use of performance enhancing substances. It is nothing but a witch hunt. I have always felt that education about the side effects and health risks of these drugs is the most effective approach for athletes and the fans that look up to them. How can you punish someone when the testing procedures are inaccurate and far behind in technology?
What should also be highlighted here is our winner takes all society and the pressure to perform. Especially when money is involved. It starts with parents living vicariously through their children in youth sports, to people profiting off of successful athletes and teams. This is more than a drug problem, it is a societal problem.

My Opinion_El Paso_TX wrote:

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Step Up Your Game, that's refreshing to see that another individual gets the whole sociological picture into perspecyive.
Cheers

Step Your Game UP wrote:

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My professor in my Sociology of Sport class said that the world of sport is a reflection of the larger society.

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My Opinion_El Paso_TX wrote:

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Good point. And it's quite true.
As any population grows larger, so does the probelms encountered within society. And people's beliefs readjust just as many behaviors also readjust.
It's the reason that organizations have to restratigize their various programs in order to hopefully meet the needs of society.
In the sport of cycling I really don't see the governing organizations restratigizing their policies to ensure that illegal drugs are being dealt with nor providing riders with a really good justice system to have faith in.
Those organizations seem more interested in their own personal issues. It's becoming very similar to what has been going on in Washington, DC, with our politicians.
Cheers

A simple human wrote:

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This is so very well said. Thank you.

manuel in am cnyn wrote:

dara torres, at the age of 41, made the olympic swim team. she's submitted no less than 15 different blood and urine sample for enhancement testing in the past calendar year, more times than both barry bonds and roger clemens combined.
it is possible to be clean still be successful

JAMES MAC wrote:

cycling is ghey anyways...

ZENmud wrote:

and again, let's remember Jeanie Longo of FR, won the (i think) FR national road championship at AGE 49...
Vive les françaises (plural for 'women of France')
ZENwritin'

My Opinion_El Paso_TX wrote:

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Yes. She was one hell of a cyclist.