**** Pound stepping down as president of WADA with no regrets, plenty of hope



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"As a front man and a media personality . . . I think he's done a good job in many scenarios of calling out people in situations that needed to be called out" **** Pound has ruffled more than a few feathers during his eight-year term as president of the World Anti-Doping Agency.Criticized for being confrontational and uncompromising in the battle against performance-enhancing drugs, the Montreal lawyer makes no apologies for the methods he used to fight cheaters in sport."I think in order to do the job I'm doing properly you have to be confrontational," Pound told The Canadian Press in a recent interview. "You are dealing with systematic, organized cheating. You have to find them out and confront them and embarrass them and do whatever you can to bring attention to them." Read more

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