DirtyWorks said:
BullsFan22 said:
Because TUEs, while very useful, aren't the stuff of Mo Farah's extraordinary gains, Froome's Riis-like rise to the top-5 in grand tours,. What he's uncovered in the past was much, much bigger. Russia had RUSADA officials changing test scores to never test athletes positive. What's a few hundred TUEs between friends?
The interesting thing seems to be the TUEs are playing like "Those athletes ARE taking drugs and drugs are BAD" with more casual sports fans. Which, is barely true and misses the point. I'll take it though.
I'm hoping they can keep the "slow drip" going. Sky needs to freeze out Wiggo some more.
I am going to disagree on that. First and foremost, I believe the whole issue of Russia, Sochi and Rio is politically motivated. To me, that's a no-brainer. If, and in my opinion it's a big if, the Russians did in fact cover up positives and made some mouse holes in the wall to switch dirty samples with clean ones, then we would need more than a guy that's held a US address since 2011, two disgruntled old Canadian lawyer buddies, a newspaper which has a history of lying and manipulating its audience (see Iraq war 2003-) to look into this. I am not convinced it was an 'independent' investigation. The goal was political to begin with. It was to undermine the Russians. It didn't work as well politically and economically in the Ukraine Crisis, so why not try to do it through sports? The goal was to keep the Russians out of the Olympics, the entire delegation, not just track and field, but also to keep them out of all internationally sanctioned sporting events, including the upcoming Korea winter olympics. AND, potentially take away Russia as hosts of the 2018 Football World Cup. I think that's a big one there, if they can accomplish it. Why do you think all those FIFA raids happened? It's not solely because American firms were involved, and the FBI wanted to bust them. Why do you think Seppelt has been lambasting Thomas Bach? He didn't take a 'hard stance' against the Russians. Seppelt complains that 'fancy bears' hackers aren't reporting on any Russian TUE's. Well, that is his job, isn't it? He is like an extreme version of Walsh. Hardly questioning German athletes/sports. Where was he when news broke that West Germany was involved in systematic doping? Where was Seppelt when news broke of organized team doping in the Bundesliga? Did he raise eyebrows when Beckenbauer said that the Germans took pills before their games? All he does is report on Russia, with the occasional mention(s) of Kenya and some random failed drug tests. And Stepanova, what about her? She was rewarded 30000 dollars by WADA! LMFAO. WADA always complain how they don't have the money or resources and are sometimes behind the doping mechanism when it comes to technology, well, giving out tens of thousands of dollars to dopers isn't going to help your bank account. And who has given the most money to WADA in the past years? US and Canada. No, I don't think this is a case of these countries wanting more research in the fight against doping. On the contrary, these are 'gifts.' The same type of 'gifts' that Armstrong was 'giving' to the UCI. Remember when Phil and Paul were commentating on OLN/Versus about how strongly anti-doping Armstrong was? So much so that he 'gave' money for more testing! LOL.
To finish off, the US was caught covering up failed doping tests from hundreds of athletes not too long ago. Did anybody call for their omission from the Olympics or World Championships? No. The same athletes that had their tests wiped clean went on to win medals. Banning an entire delegation from the Olympics is purely political. It has nothing do with doping or potential to dope.