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He isn't a well paid world class athlete with trainers and WADA educated doctors that can guide him through and around regulations.
Maybe someone with more insight can sit there and tell me that he should've known better, but that's the way I see it.
The Shop
But damn.. WADA has no idea how short this sport is and what a detriment their hatchet has on someones career.
16 mths for Stewart.. 4 years.. 4 fn years! for the Moss guys..retarded penalties.
The penalties ruined the rest of Stewarts career..(although I'm a super fan of Stewarts, I don't disregard the fact he was on his way out anyway) and depending on the penalty for Clason, will kill his too.
Penalties don't fit the "crime" IMO.
Why did they just take the sentence for an Olympic athlete and apply it to every other sport? I understand the reasoning behind 4 years for Olympians because they meet once every 4 years (so it pretty much takes them out of 1 competition).
So why are motocross careers basically ended for a violation? Not that Im advocating the use of PEDs (obviously) but it seems like they could make the sentencing a lot more sport-specific and still be effective without ending careers.
I also think the banned list is way too intense for our sport. Hell, there are a ton of over the counter supplements and medications that are a violation. Unreasonable in my opinion.
I find it hard to believe that a guy like Clason who is probably breaking even at best, was really "doping" for performance.
How many of the guys who only show up for a local round or 2 are probably in violation and don't even know it?
Our sport doesn't need WADA.
Some will say.... but that's a great deterrent to keep people off peds in the sport..
I say.. horseshit.. a deterrent penalty should be just that.. not a possible career ender. What that is is up for debate. But if you're in the season, 3 races, 5 races, half a season is a pretty good penalty to teach you and others a lesson.
Pit Row
The funny thing is this is from a urine test. Top cyclists spend millions for undetectable masking agents for BLOOD doping, stuff that couldn't be found in a million years in urine.
I guess if you're a privateer on the bike, you're probably a privateer on the juice program as well.
Test did not show an elevated Epitestosterone level, GHRP, EPO, SERMs, or anything that I would call 'doping' from real blood tests. If you take the wrong pre-workout or fat burner from GNC, you can pop for Amphetamines...
It is getting to a point where athletes have to hire a dietitian fluent in the USADA/WADA rulebook. It is very easy for an athlete to pop for a banned substance. I follow MMA once in a while and, obviously, they have articles about this all the time. I have read that USADA has a hotline you can call at anytime to ask questions about what is good and what is bad, along with a program where samples can be sent in and tested for any supplement you want to use or are currently in use. I am all for anti-doping, but it is a lot of work for an athlete to make sure they are in the clear.
but to claim ignorance, give me a break, especially after the Stewart suspension, if you are not aware of WADA, then too bad for you. and if it comes out thats what he claims himself, then he can fuck off because hes a liar.
there is a list. on that list are substances. it isnt rocket science. whether you agree with what's on the list or not is irrelevant
I don't know much about Cade or really care, but hopefully they can pin down what he took. Hell, maybe he's a meth head, IDK lol. I could just see there being a simple explanation here. If the substance was anything else, I wouldn't say that.
you think the sport is clean now that Lance is gone? have you kept up with what 37yo Valverde has done this year?
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