> --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > Aw well!! Do you really think that athletes from other countries who
live
> > here are testing regularly? Or let's take Russian athletes who now live
in
> > Israel. Go figure. I know a case whereby a foreign athlete who has
actually
> > represent his particular country in Oly Games and World Champs and does
not
> > even use his own identity. His birth certificate is nowhere to be found
in
> > his war torn country.
> >
> > Yes, we Americans are a big sophisticated country but are other
countries
> > "really" handing over their non existent doping results. I think not!
> >
>
> What are you actually trying to say here? That it is
> OK for USATF to cover up positive drug tests, because
> other countries do it or don't test at all?
> Then why bother to test at all?
I think what he's saying is that if the IAAF and IOC spent even a fraction
of the energy it spends on attacking the U.S. on enforcing its own rules in
the other 100+ countries that have no program or woefully inadequate
programs, the drug problem would be better served. Of course there is some
blame to go around in the U.S. Perhaps it is even a conspiracy. But we get
awfully sick of watching dozens of countries with far inferior programs get
off the hook. Many of those countries do so few tests that there is little
chance of a positive and therefore little chance of adverse publicity.
The IAAF should immediately suspend every nation that doesn't have
rigorous, independently audited, out-of competition and in-competition
testing programs. If they do that, they might have a little currency to
deal with the problems in the U.S. Otherwise, it is impossible to take any
allegations seriously, because it is clearly just political maneuvering.
- Ed Parrot
