Christian Craig decision

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Edited Date/Time 8/1/2019 3:59pm
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Well flame away fellow vitards!
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slipdog 7/29/2019 4:14pm
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Bummer...
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davis224 7/29/2019 4:16pm
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Nothing they say makes sense. "We believe that this was absolutely accidental, and such a trace amount that would have yielded no performance increase, so we settled on banning you for 2 years." Wtf? Does he have to repay all his purse money now?
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BAMX 7/29/2019 4:19pm
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I'm getting tired of reading about 2 year penalties.
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logan_140 7/29/2019 4:19pm
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Why does the AMA not stand behind these riders?
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kiwifan 7/29/2019 4:19pm
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davis224 wrote:
Nothing they say makes sense. "We believe that this was absolutely accidental, and such a trace amount that would have yielded no performance increase, so we...
Nothing they say makes sense. "We believe that this was absolutely accidental, and such a trace amount that would have yielded no performance increase, so we settled on banning you for 2 years." Wtf? Does he have to repay all his purse money now?
yeah why say all that and give a 2 year ban....unbelievable, good grounds for an appeal thats for sure
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decano51 7/29/2019 4:20pm
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Im a huge Craig fan and so annoyed this is the outcome!
But I don't understand how riders can get done with the substances in there system!
How can people like Reed be racing for so long and yet never have this issue?
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slowgti 7/29/2019 4:20pm
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Standing by for the meltdown.
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Woke up this morning to the results of my CDI hearing. The three person panel of judges, whom are appointed by the FIM, decided on a 2 year suspension from the testing date (March 10th, 2018). The two year suspension would mean I can no longer race until March 9th, 2020 and all results in between will be cleared. The FIM wanted the source of the trace amount of Heptaminol. It’s almost impossible to provide proof of source when they waited 10.5 months before notifying me- a delay they have not explained and have only offered an apology. Although the FIM have stated they don’t believe I intentionally ingested the substance, they argue I was negligent on ensuring everything that went into my body was examined by a medical doctor. I will be appealing FIM’s decision to the Court of Arbitration for Sport.

A post shared by Christian Craig (@christiancraig) on Jul 29, 2019 at 3:42pm PDT

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whateversclever69 7/29/2019 4:22pm
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THE FIM IS TRASH. Get them out of there. This is unreal. Ruining a persons livelihood and simultaneously acknowledging their innocence? Flush them.
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haydos25 7/29/2019 4:22pm
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Given what the other guys have gotten i think he got very lucky. 2 years back dated even though he continued to race in that period, and as recently as 2 days ago.

Still ridiculous that a trace amount of a product that wasn't taken intentionally and doesnt give a performance advantage can put someone on the sidelines for that long.
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bvm111 7/29/2019 4:26pm
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At this point dudes need to be only ingesting Whole Foods... period. anything that is processes or comes in a tub or bottle should be thrown out.

That being said I think all of this is unnecessary... it’s a professional sport not the Olympics these penalties need to be adjusted to be relevant for the sport they are meant to protect the fair playing field for. I would say time served is more than adequate in this scenario.
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captmoto 7/29/2019 4:29pm
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Justice delayed is justice denied. I'm neither here nor there about the penalty but ffs, why so long to figure this shit out?
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BAMX 7/29/2019 4:34pm
7/29/2019 4:34pm Edited Date/Time 7/29/2019 4:34pm
bvm111 wrote:
At this point dudes need to be only ingesting Whole Foods... period. anything that is processes or comes in a tub or bottle should be thrown...
At this point dudes need to be only ingesting Whole Foods... period. anything that is processes or comes in a tub or bottle should be thrown out.

That being said I think all of this is unnecessary... it’s a professional sport not the Olympics these penalties need to be adjusted to be relevant for the sport they are meant to protect the fair playing field for. I would say time served is more than adequate in this scenario.
At this point, they need to grow their own food. Otherwise, they run the risk of getting something tainted.
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Cashmore 7/29/2019 4:45pm
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What a freaking JOKE. Such BS
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tcallahan707 7/29/2019 4:48pm
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I won’t watch or attend another SX sanctioned by FIM. Stamp it.
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500guy 7/29/2019 4:50pm
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It's a bullshit system and needs to be revamped.


I get the lack of tolerance but why tolerate the delay and fumbling of the case? who holds the FIM accountable ?
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MPJC 7/29/2019 4:53pm
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A 10.5 month delay before notifying him is ridiculous. I get that if you break the rules there are consequences, but these consequences are being handed out by a kangaroo court.
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neysbo 7/29/2019 4:54pm
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Fucking A. a little PED detected from a contaminated source but guys can race stoned cause they do not test for THC. AMA needs to get rid of WADA and have their own testing like every other real sport in the USA.
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CalRMX 7/29/2019 5:00pm
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Fuck the FIM
Fuck WADA
Fuck USADA,
and the AMA

all useless pricks, 2 years for a trace amount, the AMA, MX Sports should grow a spine and tell the FIM to shorten the suspensions to something more reasonable.
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ledger 7/29/2019 5:15pm
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As my grandmother would say...What a crock of shit.
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Premix 7/29/2019 5:28pm
7/29/2019 5:28pm Edited Date/Time 7/29/2019 5:35pm
BAMX wrote:
At this point, they need to grow their own food. Otherwise, they run the risk of getting something tainted.
What he got popped for isn’t in any food. It’s in asthma medications, which a lot of the 250 riders are on and have prescriptions for. And yes there is a significant advantage when using it not just for moto. Guys at a local mountain bike and road bike world have been using it for a long time.

He was filling in for HRC on a 450 when he got popped. Probably either thought it was out of his system or wouldn’t get pulled for testing since he was filling in.


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Mr. Ted 7/29/2019 5:30pm
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I think it's BS that it takes 10.5 months to inform him there was a positive test. Ridiculous.
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Lucifa. 7/29/2019 5:40pm
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CalRMX wrote:
Fuck the FIM Fuck WADA Fuck USADA, and the AMA all useless pricks, 2 years for a trace amount, the AMA, MX Sports should grow a...
Fuck the FIM
Fuck WADA
Fuck USADA,
and the AMA

all useless pricks, 2 years for a trace amount, the AMA, MX Sports should grow a spine and tell the FIM to shorten the suspensions to something more reasonable.
Fuck the guys that signed this drug testing contract for SX is what you should be saying. They would of known the penalties and how they operate before signing them up.

Then fuck the riders for getting caught.

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Falcon 7/29/2019 5:46pm
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I want drug testing in motocross. I want swift, decisive punishments based on factual evidence, which the accused may cross-reference. (In other words, I want proof that the positive sample is my own blood if I'm a rider.) And I want specific penalties which are levied in the same way for every rider found guilty of cheating. These penalties should be handed down no later than 30 days after the test in question (and even that is an exorbitant, lazy amount of time.)
All this, "oh well, we'll let you know when we let you know" bullcrap has to stop.
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KirkChandler 7/29/2019 5:55pm
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At this point as a tested athlete you have to keep a sample of every substance you put in your body, from liquids, food, powders etc. and hope you don’t get within inhaling distance of someone that’s smoking weed.

At the minimum you have to collect samples of the supplements you take, put a tablespoon into a baggie and write a date on it plus the UPC/batch number. That’s the only defense that you have if the sample has a trace amount in it you have recourse. But if it doesn’t, then you are in the same position of trying to prove your innocence/ignorance of how it got in your system, and there is no winning with that defense.
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kkawboy14 7/29/2019 5:56pm
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Awesome.....they are catching cheaters left and right! So glad they exist, can you imagine the damage that these athletes would have done to themselves if they stayed in this downward spiral of abusing performance enhancing drugs?
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PTshox 7/29/2019 6:03pm
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This this just needs to stop... FIM/ WADA... It's been said before but it's time to dump them.

The riders should boycott a race and simply refuse to ride.... They need to band together as the series managers are not doing squat. Sad...
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bigk218 7/29/2019 6:03pm
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Because we need the FIM so we can host a WORLD SUPERCROSS in Zimbabwe
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There are so many tainted supplements and even pharmaceuticals out there. Knew someone that got kicked out of his pain doctor because one of his pills had trace amounts of a different opiate in it and they kicked him out. He sent the pill from the bottle he had left and sent to a lab And they confirmed it had trace negligible amounts of the other opiate and noted in lab report it’s not uncommon.
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