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4/29/2018 8:30pm
4/29/2018 8:30pm
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5/5/2018 1:01pm
http://racerxonline.com/2018/04/27/broc-tickle-issues-statement-regardi…
Something doesnt seem right? And surely someone must see Broc's point on the process.
What i mean is that the FIM opts into the process. Surely they could negotiate an agreement for how the process is managed for MX/SX riders.
Something doesnt seem right? And surely someone must see Broc's point on the process.
What i mean is that the FIM opts into the process. Surely they could negotiate an agreement for how the process is managed for MX/SX riders.
The Shop
If 30 guys in the 450sx got banned on the same weekend, they would fix it! Until then, nothing will change.
its not like Bill Cosby refuting accusations and all his fans screaming witch hunt here, it's a illegal product found in an athlete's urine. Now his team needs to find out where/how/why did he ingest it.
It is guilty until proven innocent...but they don't want to prove he's innocent, they want to keep him guilty because it's easier.
Actually they do have evidence - he failed a drug test.
Provisional suspensions occur in all sorts of occupations. It has nothing to do with guilt or innocence. If you are charged with a crime you don’t get to walk around freely until your trial - you are either retained in custody or required to provide some sort of financial bond.
My guess is: if three quarters of the 450 field got booted, everybody would do something. I have a feeling it’s one of the reasons they don’t do everyone!
Our guys race weekly during the season. With that kind of frequency, they need fast answers, not the equivalent of bureaucratic molasses for testing, retesting, and issuance of penalties.
If a rider is appealing a result, they should also get a chance to retest. Personally, I think they should also be able to keep racing, with the points and purse money that they earn held provisionally by the AMA. If the rider retests okay, they're good to go without losing a substantial part of the season. If not, they lose them.
I also think that penalties should be issued by folks within our series Iike reps from the various OEMs, or the AMA; not outside of it.
Talking with Aldon this weekend, they're still trying to figure out where the substance even came from. Was it a supplement? Some kind of medication? They don't know.
Aldon also mentioned that's one of the reasons he's against his riders eating red meat...he's spooked about hormones.
Zach Osborne also told me that he never drinks from a water bottle that he doesn't crack open himself.
It's a little spooky for the riders out there.
Pit Row
It's not the testing that's bad, it's the inefficient system and the outsourcing penalties to other agencies. Keep the testing, make the appeal process reasonable, as you suggest. And most important IMO, make the penalties appropriate for advantage gained and consistent with equipment and on track behavior penalties. Consider the disparity between Tickle facing a 4 year suspension for a substance vs. Mike Alessi getting a $4k fine and probation for his take out of Tickle in 2014.
This whole system is so bass ackwards I don't even know how I would explain it to someone who asked me about it in any sort of logical way, it's completely void of reasoning.
Ever heard of real food?
You don't find banned drugs in real food. Or pop tarts.
The only place they find anything in meat now is in 3rd world countries. And that is rare. Meat here is checked pretty often by the FDA and USDA since the early 90s or so.
CR22 is spot on.
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