- May 22, 2010
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What's going to really solve this problem? Clearly the incentives to cheat are huge, and the benefits of staying clean are vastly smaller. If a particular rider (or team for that matter) thinks everyone else is cheating, then they're more likely to succumb to temptation.
Would stiffer penalties help? Lifetime bans for a first offense? Automatic disbanding of any team if any one rider is caught? Fines 2 or 3 times larger than a year's salary/endorsements?
The technological arms race between the governing body (UCI, WADA or whoever) and the cheaters will always go on, so better testing isn't really the answer, but testing must always be improved.
Other thoughts?
Would stiffer penalties help? Lifetime bans for a first offense? Automatic disbanding of any team if any one rider is caught? Fines 2 or 3 times larger than a year's salary/endorsements?
The technological arms race between the governing body (UCI, WADA or whoever) and the cheaters will always go on, so better testing isn't really the answer, but testing must always be improved.
Other thoughts?