On Tue, 26 Sep 2000 20:41:52 -0700, you wrote:
>Earlier today, Paul Tucknott, apparently quoting a BBC source. wrote:
>
>"The entire Romanian weightlifting team was to be kicked out of the games,
>but paid a $50,000 fine to allow those who had not tested positive to stay."
>
>It's not quite clear, to me, why athletes who had not tested positive might
>have been "kicked out of the games," or to whom the ransom would be paid.
>
>Can someone clarify when guilt by association becomes operative?
I read that this 'death penalty' rule was self-imposed by the
weightlifting federation a few years back because the entire sport itself
was on the verge of getting kicked out of the Olympics by the IOC.
The $50,000 fine provision was just a window dressing rule to allow innocent
individuals one last Olympics before their home federation is banned
for an indefinite period.
RT
