http://www.vg.no/sport/langrenn/langrenn/sundby-saken-har-kostet-skiforbundet-3-3-millioner-kroner-til-naa/a/23812797/
the sundby case cost the norge xc federation 3.3 mil norwegian kroner (ab. usd 400,000). of this amount, 1/3 went to paying the doper's prize money he was stripped of by cas. it's a hefty percent of the total xc budget (84 mil kroner).
'stupid, unthinkable...' said the heads of the norwegian cycling and athletics feds.
my comment:
what makes this expense and the whole affair unprecedented is NOT so much that a national fed throwing its full weight behind a single doper looks equivalent to a state-sponsored, state protected doping program...no, the most phenomenal thing - to me at least - was that this huge money was spent to conceal everything from the public. every state asset was used - several layers, a score of scientists, pr specialists, coordinated tactics etc.
we learned some by chance via the wada appeal. most is still hidden deep. like who and why acquitted sundby, whether there were brown envelops or other instruments of pressure and influence so that fis took a position 100% contrary to wada code.
to me it is unthinkable in a modern democratic society to be so secretive about a minor civil matter like a doping case :surprised:
the sundby case cost the norge xc federation 3.3 mil norwegian kroner (ab. usd 400,000). of this amount, 1/3 went to paying the doper's prize money he was stripped of by cas. it's a hefty percent of the total xc budget (84 mil kroner).
'stupid, unthinkable...' said the heads of the norwegian cycling and athletics feds.
my comment:
what makes this expense and the whole affair unprecedented is NOT so much that a national fed throwing its full weight behind a single doper looks equivalent to a state-sponsored, state protected doping program...no, the most phenomenal thing - to me at least - was that this huge money was spent to conceal everything from the public. every state asset was used - several layers, a score of scientists, pr specialists, coordinated tactics etc.
we learned some by chance via the wada appeal. most is still hidden deep. like who and why acquitted sundby, whether there were brown envelops or other instruments of pressure and influence so that fis took a position 100% contrary to wada code.
to me it is unthinkable in a modern democratic society to be so secretive about a minor civil matter like a doping case :surprised: