Quote: Originally Posted by hpearson
Yes, I believe that funding is part of the problem! It has not been mentioned once by Tygart during any of his interviews as being a contributor to the problem.
ITS NOT PERFECT, ITS NOT PERFECT" has been mentioned at nausea. I think we got it TYGeee! The fact that you had the biggest scandal in the history of sports with thousands of people involved tells us "IT IS NOT PERFECT" we got it!
[COLOR= rgb(24, 24, 24)]Actually, you don't get it because funding is a huge part of the problem that challenges USADA. The only way to discover more dopers is by testing more, something for which there isn't money right now. As it stands, money is in such short supply that it is the race promoters that have pay for the doping tests, and those promoters aren't getting rich. In fact, they're just barely getting by. If there's a lack of effectiveness, it's because USADA doesn't have the money to be more effective.[/COLOR]
With 1 positive test in 250 I would not be in favor of more testing but beter testing. [COLOR= rgb(24, 24, 24)]It is certainly NOT silly for USADA to claim success. If you had read carefully slovakguy's post showing the number of dopers found by year, you would see that detections are generally increasing. I have no idea what you mean when you say:[/COLOR]
Quote: Originally Posted by hpearson
I would say a blood test above in the 25th percentile would be enough to deter doping permanently.
1 positive in 250 test for LA. If they could increase the quality to just 20 in 250 this would have been stopped long ago.
[COLOR= rgb(24, 24, 24)]Above in the 25th percentile? What does that mean? The only percentile that would fit your statement would the 25th percentile of anti-doping agencies and the number of dopers each has caught (in total or on a yearly basis). Otherwise, the use of "percentile" really doesn't make sense.[/COLOR]
Quote: Originally Posted by hpeason
If he had any stomes he should step around on the athletes side of the table and say "this is what your get when you dont spend the money to do an effective job."
[COLOR= rgb(24, 24, 24)]If USADA isn't spending the money, it's because they don't have it. If they had it, they would do more testing.[/COLOR] [COLOR= rgb(24, 24, 24)]Last, your railing on the "15 year old" doping scandal because it took USADA 15 years to catch the dopers in the US Postal conspiracy is misplaced. A well setup conspiracy can go undetected or unpunished for quite a while.[/COLOR]
Obviously[COLOR= rgb(24, 24, 24)] It happens in law enforcement, counter terrorism, and so on. It can be very difficult to break a conspiracy. Just ask any DA, judge, police officer.... It's even more difficult to break if people on your side are working against your efforts, as Verbruggen and McQuaid may have been doing. You'll note that AEA, AFLD, CONI-NADO, WADA and others did not break the conspiracy.[/COLOR] [COLOR= rgb(24, 24, 24)]Doping will never permanently fade from the pro peloton, just as criminal conspiracies have not disappeared from our cities.[/COLOR] [COLOR= rgb(24, 24, 24)]There is no way around the fact that breaking the US Postal conspiracy is a huge success for not only USADA but also for other anti-doping agencies and for cycling. It's likely to provide a powerful deterrent for doping in not only cycling but also in other sports.[/COLOR]
I dont see this as a success everyone looks bad.