I think the question is whether clinic talk about official and confirmed clinic news, should be allowed here or deleted, modded, banned or moved. The rules as such are ridiculous, since they do not allow "clinic talk" in the PRR forum and it is "a doping free forum". I think the rules should be updated to make a clear distinction between discussing official/confirmed/objective reports be it from anti-doping authorities, police representatives, UCI, court etc. on one hand, and subjective mongering, accusations, insinuations etc on the other.
This is the MAL thread, his ban is an official UCI sanction and as such part of the professional road racing discussion. That means discussing his ban, what he took, how he got caught, whether he will ever return etc, should all be free of moderation. Talk about "he probably has been using his entire career" or "he must have been doping when he won TDS and podiumed the Giro" should not be allowed and be posted in the clinic forum. But that is not what current forum rules tell us.