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Everyone (I mean the majority, apart from a few who are ok with drugs in sport. Probably the same who cry about cost of racing and cost of bikes but are ok with the costly, outpacing, race to better drugs).
Just because a "good" guy gets caught, people go up in arms. So funny. We want testing but we want to make sure our peeps don't get punished. He got caught with a banned substance. He has to deal with the process.
The few short sighted who are all for freedom of drug use, don't forget the devastations of addiction, the devastation of post- PED impact on people's bodies, brain, their families.
Allowing drugs in the sport is allowing a no-limit race towards better, smarter, less visible drugs (alike whats happening in professional cycling).
He got caught, he will have to prove that he was not taking anything and that someone else peed in his pot. And next time, the factory rider with the top trainers, the top bike, the top entourage, will make sure he thinks before he goes to GNC to buy stuff.
The AMA had better keep in mind that they themselves could be subject to legal action by a rider whose livelihood is taken away in this manner.
If I was Tickle's lawyer I would be firing off letters to Westerville, Ohio at this point...
If they regulate the drugs that are banned and cannot be taken by a world championship competitor that levels the playing field. If someone got caught out it sucks but everyone is subject to the same tests
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#freebroc
And #freebiglenny
This whole things smacks of "guilty until proven innocent" and "we have to justify our own existence, so let's make somebody guilty every now and then."
When a sporting body, such as the FIM or AMA, joins in WADA or USADA's testing program, they are bound by the punishments that WADA/USADA issue. The FIM/AMA doesn't have the discretion to assess or alter the penalties that are agreed upon by WADA/USADA/CAS.
This random shit is stupid.
Why can’t they allow him to race until after the b sample and hearing. If he’s found guilty strip him if his title and fine him his working contracted salary.
At this rate he won’t be able to race for 2 years even if he’s found innocent
http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/2015-wada-code-adds-four-year-bans-for-…
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A U.S. drug testing system can easily be set in place by a an independent 3rd party using two separate laboratory testing facilities for both mx and sx.
If AMA along with feld, teams and riders sit down they could implement a set of rules that is agreeable to all.
Wada's information sharing, rules and disciplinary actions are just plain redicoulis, I'd go so far as to even question the quality of the testing.
The punishments are basically career ending for sx and mx athletes.
Something needs to be done, NASCAR has it, no reason sx and mx can't do the same.
If a rider tests positive for a banned substance, then rider can continue to ride (i.e. work) until the results of the second test results are provided. If both tests come back positive, then sanctions are administered.
Our company (I'm one of the owners) performs random drug testing. I'm a chemical engineer and we work around some potentially dangerous chemicals and equipment on a daily basis. We random drug test for a reason (multiple reasons actually): 1) Legal liability 2) We genuinely care about the safety of our employees and customer's employees - and a person under the influence could be a potentially very unsafe situation for them and the people around them. So it is what it is. But if someone does test positive for something, the first thing we do is PROMPTLY re-test. If the second test comes back positive, we deal with that accordingly.
Being in the industrial chemical industry, we utilize labs on a daily basis to perform special testing of various samples - water and chemical samples as well as deposit and metallurgical samples. I see clear lab mistakes on a bi-monthly basis. We never, EVER take extreme actions without getting a second sample tested and confirmed - ever. My whole beef in this situation is, Broc should still be allowed to do his job until the second set of tests come back - which should happen in
And all the US MX mgmt shakes their hands and says “Sorry, nothing we can do.” That is all a complete lie. Meanwhile, they allow the FIM and WADA to flex it’s muscle and power by making examples of AMA riders.
I don't care what you take, no substance is going to magically move you up 5 spots each week, and definitely not something as obscure as what Broc got caught with. FIM can suck it, we don't need them and it's pathetic on the AMA's part that they don't take a stand and do what's right, its embarracing that I have to be a member of their useless club to race. They wrote a cute little letter when James was getting screwed over, lets see what they do for Broc. . .
Now, banning certain substances because they're harmful is noble, in a way, but feigning concern for an athlete's health while supporting their participation in an inherently risky activity is ludicrous. Or, you might say, stupid.
All of the sturm und dang that led to widespread adoption of anti-doping rules is about putting lipstick on the pig of unchecked greed in professional sports. NOT by the athletes themselves, but by the owners of these cash cows, trying to placate the ticket-buying public by convincing them their favorite sport is "clean" and they actually care about the welfare of the athletes they "own."
To say that what they do is "hard" and that it couldn't be done better by anyone else is simply laughable.
https://www.wada-ama.org/sites/default/files/prohibited_list_2018_en.pdf
Now, what would you do, or how would you go about understanding each substance and ensuring none of this was entering your body?
As Hansel mentioned, Anderson can clinch his first 450SX title this weekend. It won’t be the only thing to watch, though. For years, Anderson has dealt with altitude sickness and has yet to receive a TUE (Therapeutic Use Exemption) for the medicine he would need to take. Rockstar Energy Husqvarna team manager Bobby Hewitt told Aaron Hansel this prior to Thunder Valley last year:
"What happens, like most riders, [Anderson’s] heart rate elevates in the first couple laps,” Hewitt said. “It happens all the time, and under normal circumstances, he’s able to control his breathing and bring his heart rate back down and finish the moto. When he’s at altitude, he can’t get his heart rate back down, and it continues to climb. If your heart rate is beating 200 times a minute, you feel that, and because he can’t control it and bring it back down like he does at the other races, he starts to get panic attacks. It’s something that’s very serious, and it’s not a joking matter. There have been people who have died from this stuff. Last year, he was leading, but it got to a point where he felt his heart was going to explode in his chest. He was scared he was going to die if he didn’t pull off."
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