>In a separate letter to Pound, Masback said he was unable to find a way to >run a drug control program subject to the competing jurisdictions of the >IAAF and the U.S. Olympic Committee. He also cited "shortcomings" of certain >IOC-accredited testing labs and the challenge of working within the confines >of U.S. law. > >"I propose that WADA take over USA Track & Field's entire doping control >program," Masback wrote. "WADA would administer and conduct our >in-competition and out-of-competition drug testing programs and adjudicate >all cases." > >Under Masback's proposal, WADA would render a final decision to USATF, whose >only role would be to take any disciplinary action. > >There was no immediate response from Pound. ^^^^^ ^^^ ^^ ^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^ ^^^^ ^^^^^ Ha! stick it right in his mouth, Craig! Let one of the prime grand-standing speechmakers choke on his own words! I love it... It's about time the whiners are made to put up or shut up... And four years from now, Americans reserve the right to heap tons of abuse on Dick Pound for the sorry state of affairs he has let track & field slip into since Sydney. Randy Treadway
