Comments on: Drugs cheats – A new approach

By: no_use_for_a_name

no_use_for_a_name — Fri, 31 May 2013 14:00:56 +0000

EvanShaw
Some of the dopers are nice people. They just don’t have any problem breaking rules to meet a goal. That’s a social problem. The best answer I have is that they are sanctioned the first time, then banned the second.

By: no_use_for_a_name

no_use_for_a_name — Thu, 30 May 2013 19:33:42 +0000

Some more sampling would help. But, the benefits of having more samples decline as the number of tests increases.
You may want to consider two details:
1. Double the penalties for injected PED’s. Which, is most of the effective PED’s. This addresses the legitimate issue of false positives and should discourage more athletes from doping.

2. Allow the national anti-doping administration to open cases. We know that the UCI has not processed positives. Anything seems okay to preserve putting on the show with their most valuable stars.

Please take some time to understand the IOC’s role in enabling doping. WADA is a very weak organization. That is by design. The IOC is okay with the doping. It makes a great show.

By: EvanShaw

EvanShaw — Thu, 30 May 2013 00:39:29 +0000

Although an honest attempt compassion and accountability, confusing responsibility and mandated therapy is actually a terrible misuse of therapy and an infringement of personal rights.
Doping is NOT an addiction. It is a choice, or rather a series of entitlements, group pressure, inner competitiveness, and lack of consequences.
All those who dope do not have the same motivations, personalities, and reasons for going this route.
Most human beings are decent people who would very much compete and win honestly, within the rules, and on a fair playing field. It is not true that most if not all will cheat in major and destructive ways and defraud others.
However, there are many who are led into it as late teens and very young adults, by a toxic culture of negative mentors, pressure from teams and doctors and a lack of leadership and a wink wink from the regulatory bodies, just don’t get caught.
And there are outright entitled, callous, and criminal individuals who will do whatever they can get away with.
We need unity, clear thinking, and a systemic answer to this problem. Neither hating nor excusing, looking at all as responsible. Let us see riders as a diverse group and not unthinkingly now label them as addicts regardless of the good intentions, which can pave the road to hell.