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I have brought this up in other threads with no good answer. I don't think it will happen now, but the last thing we want is to lose another rider because of this.
What does he feel needs to be done to make the rules clearer?
JGR Yamaha’s Josh Grant: “I know everyone is getting a lot hype on the drug-testing thing, but I think it needs to be a little more clarified—what they have for rules and stuff. If you’re doing EPO or blood transfusion, then I think that should be banned. But if you’re going to take something the doctor prescribed to you—Adderall or NyQuil or DayQuil or whatever it is—you have to keep your body healthy, and I don’t think they understand what we have to go through for this sport. I guess if we were dribbling a basketball back and forth it would be a different story, or if we were playing baseball … it’s not really that gnarly. I think for us, our body goes through so much, and we don’t have any time to take breaks and stop, so you have to keep healthy, and if the doctor thinks that’s what you need, then that’s what you need. I don’t think Stewart is cheating or anything. I think it’s bogus. I don’t always agree with what they have banned and don’t. But hey, whatever. That’s their deal.”
http://racerxonline.com/2014/06/27/racerhead-26
I have brought this up in other threads with no good answer. I don't think it will happen now, but the last thing we want is to lose another rider because of this.
What does he feel needs to be done to make the rules clearer?
JGR Yamaha’s Josh Grant: “I know everyone is getting a lot hype on the drug-testing thing, but I think it needs to be a little more clarified—what they have for rules and stuff. If you’re doing EPO or blood transfusion, then I think that should be banned. But if you’re going to take something the doctor prescribed to you—Adderall or NyQuil or DayQuil or whatever it is—you have to keep your body healthy, and I don’t think they understand what we have to go through for this sport. I guess if we were dribbling a basketball back and forth it would be a different story, or if we were playing baseball … it’s not really that gnarly. I think for us, our body goes through so much, and we don’t have any time to take breaks and stop, so you have to keep healthy, and if the doctor thinks that’s what you need, then that’s what you need. I don’t think Stewart is cheating or anything. I think it’s bogus. I don’t always agree with what they have banned and don’t. But hey, whatever. That’s their deal.”
http://racerxonline.com/2014/06/27/racerhead-26
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NOW, with that said..... I think it's bogus he's suspended for that long. Do I feel he should be punished? Yeah, a guy of his stature/means should have known that anything thing he was taking needed to be documented through the correct channels.... Which makes me lean towards believing it wasn't totally legit from the start...... But like I said above, we'll never know
Because they didnt have enough time to get the proper paper work and the guidelines werent made clear enough.
When you have riders bringing supplements to the people in charge and they cant tell them a clear and concise yes or no as to whether or not its allowed, I think that is a cause for concern. And a reason Josh was saying what he was.
While I agree there should be a punishment, 4 races should have been more then enough.
Not a whole fucking year.
Ironic.
The flaw is you have to "trust" the Judge or Jury to do the job right and actually give a shit.
I wonder if Reed and Grant just avoid this topic in general with their arrangement.... When the news of Stewart failing the test was made public way back when , there seemed to be a celebrating of sorts in the Reed camp.... One, for obvious reasons because it was James....and two two, Reed has been somewhat of the voice of the drug testing and said he suspected it taking place .... I always figured he was pointing at RV since ironically he and RV were the first to have the randoms pee tests.....test the accuser and the accused...I dunno....... Be interesting to hear what ol Reed thinks about this punishment ....
If a rider, any rider has a TUE...it is kept on lockdown aka, treated as a HIPPA violation..... Reed could have a TUE for the same thing or something else, but we would never know..
FYI: I was really hoping he'd be able to race. No hatin here. Even bought a "let bubba ride" shirt.
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And can you ask Josh what he feels needs to be done to make them more clear?
As for those saying he shouldn't be punished because his TUE has been submitted and approved afterwards, it's like driving without a license. Even if you go and get one after being caught driving without a license, you were still driving without a license.
This situation sucks. I was hoping they would be easy on him being the first year with this procedure and the fact that he seemed to be cooperative, but rules are rules, and JS didn't follow them.
go figure.
i'm sure someone can dig up the old threads of people wanting testing, i don't have the time nor patience
for the record, i think a 4 race suspension would have been more than enough to prove a point... 16 months is very excessive
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