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He's the man you know? That's why everyone is so concerned, no JSE, no more motocross or supercross, both sports will cease to exist.
Finally...there is the issue of enforceability. The current rule CAN NOT BE ENFORCED. That means it WILL BE BROKEN.
There are stories of riders training at RCs ranch giving each other IVs to help recover. If you think the knowledge of what to do, and how to do it, is not widely spread throughout the pro racing community you are naive. Does every rider do it between every moto. Certainly not. But if there is a very hot weekend...and it is 100 degrees and 80% humidity...you can guarantee that the every guy on a top team will be prepared to do what he has to do to safely compete come moto 2.
The hypocrisy of some people is comical. We go on and on about how MX is the 'hardest sport in the world'...blah blah blah. OK..lets say it is. I definitely think it is when you talk about high heat. So it is one of the toughest physical challenges there is...and yet we then lie to ourselves and believe that these guys can put out that kind of effort...run a 35 minute moto at the limit in that sort of heat...wearing full gear and a helmet...no way for heat to get out. Then magically recover to do the same in 45 minutes for the TV broadcast? Sorry...it is not happening without some modern medical help.
Yeahbro: that was the point of my bringing this up. It is about enforceability. I tried to float a relatively simple idea that the riders will hate but would actually be a pretty strong and simple way of enforcing.
I thought it might lead to an interesting discussion - love or hate my idea - of how we might enforce this rule because I totally agree with you. The other option is to go back to ignoring it and pretend people aren't breaking this rule when we know they are. To me, that should be a non-starter for all. Either we enforce this rule or eliminate it - IMO.
ITS CHEATING IF YOU DO IT BETWEEN MOTOS. No way around it. It's CLEARLY an advantage and that is why it is in the rules you can't do it and has been in the rules for a very long time. That is why you hear of these guys getting them during the week while practicing.
You are delusional if you think the majority of riders are able to get an IV in between motos.
In one post you say doing an IV has no benefit, but in the very next post you say that riders aren't able to "magically recover" in between motos without modern medical help.... So which one is it?
I do agree on the part of enforcing. You can't enforce it unless you monitor the rider(s) that just isn't going to happen. That is why it is all speculation and has been for years on who gets them done.
They been using IVs for years. Now everyone wants to get bent about it? Jeez.
Using RC as your example only hurts your case.
All those times P and Lenny have played the race card....maybe they were right. Cause the way the masses handle issues like these sure do make the case for them.
Pit Row
When has any other rider tested positive for a PED? When has an employee of another rider made a suspicious comment about IVs?
James is the most popular rider on the planet, PEDs are a blazing hot topic in every sport, and these two incidents came in rapid succession -- do you really expect this to be a non issue? Or is race the only reason we are still talking about it?
When was a suspicious comment made about iv's? Here's a clue: It wasn't, his nurse made a comment about administering iv's to James.
You see what you want to see and when that doesn't work, you fill in the blanks with your own made up scenarios.
The test was administered at round 15 of the Monster Energy Supercross Championship in Seattle, Wash. on April 12. The FIM states that Stewart’s urine sample had an “adverse analytical finding of amphetamine.”
The FIM released the following statement on Friday: “The decision to provisionally suspend Mr Stewart was taken following the receipt of a report from the WADA accredited laboratory in Cologne indicating an Adverse Analytical Finding of Amphetamine in a urine sample collected from him at an in-competition test carried out by the FIM at the round of the Monster Energy AMA Supercross, an FIM World Championship held at the Century Link Field, Seattle, Washington, on 12 April 2014.”
Stewart’s team announced that the substance in question is medication that was prescribed to Stewart by his physician to treat a “long-term condition.”
“Stewart, with the full support of Yoshimura Suzuki Racing, is willingly communicating with WADA and taking all appropriate steps to resolve this matter and plans to be at the starting gate at the Tennessee National in Blountville, TN on June 28th, 2014.”
Stewart has the right to request and attend the analysis of his B Sample. The FIM continues by saying: “A provisional suspension imposed by the FIM does not in any way prejudge the question as to whether an anti-doping rule violation under Article 2 of the FIM Anti-Doping Code has actually been committed.”
The two-time Monster Energy Supercross champion scored five victories during the 2014 season but DNFs in the final three races relegated Stewart to a fourth-place finish in the series standings.
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If you can find a source that says that Adderall is not a PED could you please show me?
Is it just a coincidence that the day Stewart's IV nurse is prevented from entering the pits James fails to start the second moto because he was dizzy?
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