MagillaGorilla said:Okay, so you admit that people go with just an A-test result for their
own medical care. Why should athletes be afforded more protections if,
according to you, it's standard medical treatment to go with only the A
test result? Everything else you said is off-point and moot.
Didn't say that. Said, "people trust their docs". Plus don't want to
[censored] them off.
"Get a second (third, etc.) opinion" is standard. As are the stories of
"finally finding a doctor who cured me".
Athletes should be afforded protections from gas-bag crusaders and bad
rules/enforcement because there are gas-bag crusaders and bad
rules/enforcement out there.
We were better off with omerta, once they got the 'crit level thing
going.
The EPO deaths happened because EPO use was driven underground by bad
rules/enforcement. Maybe not exactly orange juice, but you know, EPO is
given to some pretty sick people who are under add'l stress from chemo
and radiation, and it helps them.
Kathleen Nelson (St. Louis Post-Dispatch) offered another "kick them
all out" IRT the Dirty 100 in baseball. Whoops, names on a list,
steroid positives apparently (2003!), and "this would avoid the
appearance of racial profiling" IRT Barry Bonds. Followed by "I was
thrilled that the teams entered in the Tour de France followed their
ethics code and refuse to allow favorites Ivan Basso and Jan Ullrich to
start because of allegations of their involvement in a doping scandal."
Further on: "The solution is simple." Yup, the athletes who dope are
supposed to admit what they do. Give up their DNA, "serve your time if
found guilty".
IOW, "stand aside for those who know how to dope without getting
caught". Not gonna happen on this planet, if that's news to anyone
besides Ms Nelson.
Point is, it's an unsolveable problem. How much punishment will fix it?
--D-y