Doping in Soccer/Football

[luckyboy]

HGH Boy vs Müller-Wohlfahrt's crew still going strong in extra time!

 

[Andynonomous]

Although Germany won in a laugher today, the possession, and shots on goal were about even.

Brazil really has a terrible defense. I suspect if Brazil weren't missing 2 key players, the match would have been much closer.

I predict that Germany will come down to earth in the final, and the score will be close, regardless of who they play.

Danke Schone.

 

[The Hitch]

Hans at the world cup.

Hillarious how he's out in the open like that.

Of course now we know the oh so honest German press won't say anything about doping in football for at least another 4 years. Bet hey have no problem cotinuing to bash on that one true evil sport though

 

[sniper]

+1 hitch.
indeed it was baffling to see his face so prominently yesterday.
it's an insult to anybody with a brain and some sense of what fair prosport should be about.
i've defended german press before and i still give them some credit for what i think is a comparatively skeptic attitude re: doping, but their reluctance to question a guy like mueller-wohlfahrt or to pursue the topic of doping in soccer in general that is a true party killer.

 

[Benotti69]

FIFA made 2 billion$$$ at this world cup. They can afford a lot of lawyers!

 

[masking_agent]

^ the Dr. Ferrari of the soccer world ?

 

[The Hitch]

Came across this while mindlessly googling things

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-18064904

Dr Jiri Dvorak found that almost 40% of players at the 2010 World Cup were taking pain medication prior to every game.

Thirty-nine percent of all players took a painkilling agent before every game.

There were huge differences between countries with some teams doling out over three medications per player per game.

At the world cup that is only going to be the tip of the iceberg though. Look at the rewards on offer for those who win. 2 million people will greet the "heroes" in Berlin tomorrow. Riis, Pantani, Armstrong, Contador etc would have considered it a success if they got 20 people at the airport. They doped to the limits nonetheless. You have Merkel flying halfway accross the world just to be there for the match, economically weak countries seeing it as a way out of recession, divided countries seeing it as a way to unite. The quarter final itself was already I think the most watched tv event in the history of Germany and probably many of the other countries that took part.

So much is riding on the world cup its mental, almost impossible to get one's head around. I think there are plenty of players who would juice themselves to 70% hematocrit even if it only had a placebo event. What actually happens behind closed doors in the days that lead up to each world cup match, one can only wonder.

 

[Almeisan]

At least they try to talk about it. In cycling, it is accepted. And they have less injuries.

 

[The Hitch]

How do you know how an athlete will respond to doping when you want to argue he is on it in the first place?

I have never claimed I can tell how any athlete will respond nor has anyone else and I have no clue where you are getting that from.

People look at Ronaldo. He got injured. People claim the too much muscle too fast because of steroids theory.
People look at Robben. He wasn't injured for a long time. People claim he is on PEDs.

Go find a dictionary. Look up the word "you". Then turn the pages to p and look for the word "people"

 

[The Hitch]

At least they try to talk about it. In cycling, it is accepted. And they have less injuries.

Who is "they"?

 

[Almeisan]

Go find a dictionary. Look up the word "you". Then turn the pages to p and look for the word "people"

Wut


People falsely claim they know something. Not even sure where your reasoning or reading error happens. Are you equivocating 'you' just to **** around? Is this a sarcasm post. Can't tell.

 

[Granville57]

Retweeted by Paul Kimmage
@fussballdoping

Doping control officers after the Brazil vs Netherlands game on Saturday.

http://www.gettyimages.de/detail/nachrichtenfoto/doping-controllers-attend-the-third-place-play-off-nachrichtenfoto/452069782

Doping controllers attend the third place play-off football match between Brazil and Netherlands during the 2014 FIFA World Cup at the National Stadium in Brasilia on July 12, 2014

 

[buckle]

http://www.gettyimages.de/detail/nachrichtenfoto/doping-controllers-attend-the-third-place-play-off-nachrichtenfoto/452069782

The guy on the right is taking a snap for his Facebook page as he has nothing better to do. 750 players and not one positive - job done.

 

[cocteau_ireland]

So english premier league introducing pre-season neurological tests to combat potential head trauma issues[sky sports news]. Thankfully, the combatting of doping in football is only a tenuous conceptual spit in the ocean.

 

[gooner]

I was watching it there. To be fair, it's something that needed to be addressed after what happened with Lloris last season.

Seen this article a few days back:

We are confident that there is no systematic doping in football and no systematic doping culture in football," a Fifa spokesperson told Goal. "There are approximately 30,000 sampling procedures in football every year, more than any other sport.

However, writing in April's British Journal of Sports Medicine, Fifa chief medical officer Jiri Dvorak admitted there is an "urgent need" to change detection strategies in football. The number of doping tests in football between 2005 and 2012 increased roughly by 50 per cent but the number of Adverse Analytical Findings (AAF) remain much the same. Fifa also said that federations and even entire nations could fear total transparency due to potential exposure to a doping culture and harming reputation.

There has not yet been one confirmed case of recombinant EPO doping in football, something Fifa admitted may be due to "imperfect testing" procedures. About eight per cent of doping controls in 2013 were for EPO. Fifa introduced blood and urine procedures for EPO detection at the 2002 World Cup but also stated to Goal that "there was no suspicion that blood doping would play a significant role in football."

Fifa also disclosed in the BJSM that the longer the out-of-competition period the greater the likelihood of eluding doping controls and the temptation on the part of teams and individuals to dope. Out-of-competition blood tests accounted for only 0.61% of all doping procedures carried out in football in 2013.

http://www.goal.com/en-ng/news/4055...no-systematic-doping-in-football?ICID=HP_BN_1

The latest Wada Testing Figures revealed that only 2.38 per cent of doping controls in 2013 came in the form of blood testing and Wada has set a minimum of 10%.

Governing bodies are responsible for testing in their own jurisdictions, and while a total of 28,002 dope tests were administered in 2013, only 667 blood tests are counted among that number. Wada does not conduct tests and football has only been a signatory of the Wada code since 2006 - the last Olympic sport to sign up.


The Italian Olympic Committee (CONI) did more blood tests on footballers than any organisation in 2013 with 232 in-competition blood tests out of a total of 2896 doping tests conducted in total - just over 8%. Organisations in top football countries like Spain, the Netherlands and Brazil, meanwhile, failed to conduct any.

http://www.goal.com/en-ke/news/4528...-quadruple-blood-testing-in-doping-fight-wada

 

[cocteau_ireland]

Thanks for that gooner. Some precise factual recent info to hit my football adoring friends & colleagues in the mouth of the new season.

 

[Hiculd]

You only need to look at the AC Milan squad back a few years. Remember that they were one of the oldest teams in Europe, but also one of the best and most in shape. They suggested this was because of their performance center, but I think most people realize it was because of performing enhancers…

 

[Geraint Too Fast]

 

[Dazed and Confused]

lol, Bale is hilarious.
I fear for the game.

One of my favorites:

Vision, balanced power, technically solid, both feet.
Complete footballer.

 

[blackcat]

normal

not not normal

=/= not normal

 

[del1962]

Same wristband

 

[jens_attacks]

be happy that you are a cyclist, you take nothing compared to a footballer.

del moral or celaya to tyler?

always true.
scary that these guys still don't have limits for hemoglobin ...

 

[Dr.Guess]

Yeah. I wonder how many of the "born with a heart condition"- deaths are drug related.

 

[Arnout]

Story from The Netherlands. Dutch amateur (but with a significant budget, in reality its semi-pro) team players used doping collectively. 2 players came forward with this story.

Substance called Methylhexanamine was on the anti-doping list since 2004 (according to Wikipedia three athletes were caught using it during the Olympics in Sochi, remember that time when we were all cozy with Putin), in 2011 club officals of the club started banning the usage (they were aware of its usage). Since then the usage continued but without official endorsement from club officials. Appararently a new coach stopped allowing the substance for good. Club management deemed it not necessary to report the case.

Details in Dutch: http://nos.nl/artikel/684351-dopinggebruik-bij-sv-spakenburg.html

 

[Almeisan]

DMAA strikes again!

lol

Someone tell these guys it is only banned because it is dangerous, not because it is a PED. That good old bodybuilding marketing...