af·ter·math (ftr-mth)
n.
1. A consequence, especially of a disaster or misfortune: famine as an aftermath of drought.
2. A period of time following a disastrous event: in the aftermath of war.
3. A second growth or crop in the same season, as of grass after mowing.
Perhaps a constructive and productive exercise to while away the days and hours preceding the outcome of USADA vs. LA - would be to consider how the sport prevents a recurrence.
This is particularly compelling given that stamping out the rampant fraud of 99 to 2005 Tours and the preceding Festina affair have done seemingly little to restore faith in the sport or prevent offenses.
An environment of doubt does little to serve either the fans or the athletes, as evidenced by the current tour with the Sky questions and the imminent return of Contador.
More of the same, year after year is intolerable, anything short of perpetual transparency and the timely sanctions of offending athletes simply perpetuates the status quo.
We can only hope that the current unpleasantness ends with the totality of the malignancy unveiled, including the dismantling of a self-'regulated' sport and the incarceration and shame of UCI leadership and their methodologies.
It is time to keep the good, improve on it and throw out the bad, throughout the governing leadership, team management, staff and the peloton.
Possible examples:
Shut down the UCI and develop an alternative, what would this look like?
How are bribes and corruption relegated to history?
It has been discussed that the ABP should be managed independently and some aspects or all revealed publicly?
Should the sport require that all riders bikes are equipped with power meters and the data is collected and transmitted live?
The solutions proposed need to be actionable, practical, affordable and fair to and conscientious of the riders (within reason).
In researching various aspects of the current cases, repetitive themes are the teams being offended by the invasive methods of OOC's and Doping Tests in general & often team management being allowed to undermine, evade or restrict the passage of tighter controls and impede the evolution of a clean, transparent sport.
What are the answers?
To keep this quick, interesting and lively I suggest limiting responses to one aspect of the solution with a single succinct statement (unlike this post) following a:
Problem:
Solution:
format...
n.
1. A consequence, especially of a disaster or misfortune: famine as an aftermath of drought.
2. A period of time following a disastrous event: in the aftermath of war.
3. A second growth or crop in the same season, as of grass after mowing.
Perhaps a constructive and productive exercise to while away the days and hours preceding the outcome of USADA vs. LA - would be to consider how the sport prevents a recurrence.
This is particularly compelling given that stamping out the rampant fraud of 99 to 2005 Tours and the preceding Festina affair have done seemingly little to restore faith in the sport or prevent offenses.
An environment of doubt does little to serve either the fans or the athletes, as evidenced by the current tour with the Sky questions and the imminent return of Contador.
More of the same, year after year is intolerable, anything short of perpetual transparency and the timely sanctions of offending athletes simply perpetuates the status quo.
We can only hope that the current unpleasantness ends with the totality of the malignancy unveiled, including the dismantling of a self-'regulated' sport and the incarceration and shame of UCI leadership and their methodologies.
It is time to keep the good, improve on it and throw out the bad, throughout the governing leadership, team management, staff and the peloton.
Possible examples:
Shut down the UCI and develop an alternative, what would this look like?
How are bribes and corruption relegated to history?
It has been discussed that the ABP should be managed independently and some aspects or all revealed publicly?
Should the sport require that all riders bikes are equipped with power meters and the data is collected and transmitted live?
The solutions proposed need to be actionable, practical, affordable and fair to and conscientious of the riders (within reason).
In researching various aspects of the current cases, repetitive themes are the teams being offended by the invasive methods of OOC's and Doping Tests in general & often team management being allowed to undermine, evade or restrict the passage of tighter controls and impede the evolution of a clean, transparent sport.
What are the answers?
To keep this quick, interesting and lively I suggest limiting responses to one aspect of the solution with a single succinct statement (unlike this post) following a:
Problem:
Solution:
format...