>It will only be a 'sorry state of affairs' if ALL athletes are not treated >equally. It is wrong when some athletes can compete , and collect >prize/appearence money, when suspended while others get escorted from the >infield while warming up for the Olympics. If it is still not a level >playing field in four years then we will have a sad state of affairs. It will never be a level playing field if the traveling GP road show plays hopscotch from country to country, and an athlete with a 'pending' case can compete on Monday, can't compete on Wednesday, then he can compete again on Friday, then can't compete on Sunday. All because four different countries are involved, with four different sets of right-to-work-laws. I guarantee you that Dick Pound cannot solve that one. RT
