Doping in other sports?

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Really? He's paid like a day labourer: if you show up and there is work for you, you get paid for that day?

I would have expected all sports team players to be on a salaried contract, and so in case of a doping incident they are either sacked or the club has to accept that they are paying someone who is not useful to them for a time. Or maybe a clause that has a lower pay rate during times of suspension.

I wouldn't have imagined that professional baseball operates according to the rules of the gig economy.
It's funny that you wrote this in sarcastic slant,sort of an assumption that pro players have everything dialed in.. But the answer to your question, yes they are paid...and taxed like day labor..
 
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here in US sports, athletes are paid per day not per game. Suspensions are only in effect on game days (except if you are a repeat offender in the NHL, then you are suspended both for game days and non game days.

It's how AROD was paid several million the season he was suspended
Well colour me surprised. Today I learned etc etc (no idea what an arod is, but I probably wouldn't be very interested in the answer either)
 
We in Seattle had the initial version: A**Rod. It covered so much more ground for the most selfish player that ever pretended to be a nice person.
I looked for it but couldn't find the photo of A-Rod sitting on a rock shirtless in Central Park, with either Maddona or Jennifer Lopez standing or sitting near smiling. Would have been just another stock paparazzi shot had Rodriguez stunk Yankee Stadium up that night with errors and going hitless, newspapers and sports radio would calculate how many dollars were spent on him per game for nothing.. He was decent at play by play after his retirement and it looks like he is more savvy at business than PED use.
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he was the biggest catch in the Biogenesis steroid scandal. Got suspended for an entire season
Actually that would be San Francisco's Barry Bonds and Olympic sprinter Marion Jones. Jones had to give back 5 medals won in Sydney and spend the rest of her life in shame. Bonds still had a legion of fans that rationalized "he just did what everyone did".....a now familiar justification to idiot followers. He didn't suffer any sleepless nights or financial hardships from appearances. AssRod was way down the list except maybe to disgruntled Yankee fans that watched him challenge Derek Jeter for their hearts. He tried that charm angle against Ken Griffey, arguably the greatest Seattle player and a real, clean phenom. Alex sleazed out of town when fans grew tired of his self-serving behavior. A pure d*ck that was hyped in high school; Rodriguez demanded much.
 
Actually that would be San Francisco's Barry Bonds and Olympic sprinter Marion Jones. Jones had to give back 5 medals won in Sydney and spend the rest of her life in shame. Bonds still had a legion of fans that rationalized "he just did what everyone did".....a now familiar justification to idiot followers. He didn't suffer any sleepless nights or financial hardships from appearances. AssRod was way down the list except maybe to disgruntled Yankee fans that watched him challenge Derek Jeter for their hearts. He tried that charm angle against Ken Griffey, arguably the greatest Seattle player and a real, clean phenom. Alex sleazed out of town when fans grew tired of his self-serving behavior. A pure d*ck that was hyped in high school; Rodriguez demanded much.

wasn't Bonds caught in the Balco scandal?

Multiple baseball steroid scandals
 
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Yes, Balco nabbed Bonds, and revealed network of previously undiscovered doping (famous for "The Clear" that was supposed to be undetectable).
Biogenesis was not as big a scandal but did indeed nail Rodriquez
Ya'll are correct. As*rod's name came up during Balco among disgruntled Mariner fans but not even Bonds was nailed. He got nicked for some lesser crime after he "retired" and never admitted any issues. I totally missed how late Rodriguez was caught.
 
Here's the problem solver: The Enhanced Games.... I can't say how many things could go wrong with this concept, but part of the funding comes from a noteworthy booster that is related to the US President; for credibility purposes.
We live in a rapidly changing reality, for sure.
 
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Golf player gets 4 year ban for NOT giving a sample.
https://ita.sport/news/the-ita-repo...tioned-with-a-4-year-period-of-ineligibility/
The ITA reports that golf player Eugene Kim Park has been sanctioned with a 4-year period of ineligibility for an anti-doping rule violation (ADRV) under Article 2.3 of the IGF anti-doping rules (IGF ADR).

The circumstances of the ADRV arise from the athlete’s refusal to provide a sample on 16 October 2023 during an out-of-competition testing mission coordinated by the ITA.
 
Austrian luger Madeleine Egle (multiple Olympic and WC medals, mainly in the relay and 14 individual world cup wins) banned ...
The concept of baton handover in a luge relay intrigued me. Disappointed to read that there is an electronic touchpad at the bottom giving the next leg permission to start, rather than an athlete running back up the slope to hand over a baton, or an exchange halfway down the slope.
 
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Totally out of the blue question but do you guys believe there will be any dirt on the mega fraud Bolt in the future? I used to think so but as the years passed and he both kinda vanished aswell as nothing of the sort surfacing I am starting to worry that the annoying showboater will indeed get away with it.
 
Totally out of the blue question but do you guys believe there will be any dirt on the mega fraud Bolt in the future? I used to think so but as the years passed and he both kinda vanished aswell as nothing of the sort surfacing I am starting to worry that the annoying showboater will indeed get away with it.
I don't think so because he was so popular and such a media darling (heh, sounds like Pog), and much like in cycling track and field is not really interested in popping its biggest stars, current and probably even past.