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6/19/2014 6:32pm
6/19/2014 6:32pm
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6/20/2014 7:59am
Is going to totally suck for a while, maybe a long while.
Yeah, I'm an RV fan, but also a Stewart fan and a fan of the sport. I am totally against the drug testing, and this is why.
Bummer...
Yeah, I'm an RV fan, but also a Stewart fan and a fan of the sport. I am totally against the drug testing, and this is why.
Bummer...
The Shop
Deletedeletedelete
Don't get me wrong, if it's prescribed and proven then cool, but if testing means that theoretically the sport is clean, i'm all for the safety of kids coming up not feeling the pressure that they need to cheat to compete.
James getting caught for something he supposedly has a prescription for is nothing more than his own, and his crew's fault. By the sounds of it he could/should have lodged the TUE well ahead of the 2nd to last race of the SX season.
It might be a shit fight, but this stuff has to happen and has to be handled properly. If they reneg and do fuel gate or blockpass gate all over, then that there is a problem.
I get the feeling most people who are OK with athletes taking PED's and/or against testing are missing the point; that point being that some (the majority?) of athletes would like to compete on even playing field without subjecting their bodies to the potential harmful side effects of PED's.
Amateurs, Olympics, sure.
If you're against it because you don't care, ok cool. But to say we shouldn't do it because it's a shit show of PR and a moot for controversy, that's just silly.
They should make EVERY effort to make sure the sport is as clean and safe and in the best sporting spirit that it can be. That means play by the rules. It was the 2nd last race of the season.
Pit Row
It's dangerous, it fucks with people's lives and all for what? Especially in a sport this dangerous already.
Sure cycling's reputation has taken a hit, but lots of organisations fall down amongst a controversy and rebuild better.
GSXRCR28. If it was Chad, i'd be gutted–Of course.
But I'd still be calling for the rule book to be followed–See my responses on both fuel dramas, the KW/DV pass, lasergate, RV passing under red and a bunch of other shit. I like to play by the rules.
I've not posted anything anything derogatory about James, in fact I said it sux for him, I just think if the sport wants to be taken seriously, it has to take it's rules seriously. It's not like he got caught at the first race of the first season they ever tested...
And fuel gate was worse.
Yeah, I come to Vital every day but I must admit I kinda want to stay off it for a while. Too many haters and senseless people around here sometimes.
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