Spanish Education Minister:"Spain has a doping problem!"

[Adamastor]

http://www.as.com/mas-deporte/articulo/jose-ignacio-wert-tenemos-problema/20120214dasdasmas_7/Tes

 

[sniper]

http://www.as.com/mas-deporte/articulo/jose-ignacio-wert-tenemos-problema/20120214dasdasmas_7/Tes

you should hear the interview.
he says: "por supuesto, tenemos, no hace falta decirlo (...), un problema con el dopaje". Right he is.

AC's ban and the french (inelegant) nadal-sp00f seem to have served as eye-openers.

Also, look at the furious comments below the interview. Many still seem to prefer the eye-patches.



EDIT: why is the word **** in s**** censured?

 

[hfer07]

you should hear the interview.
he says: "por supuesto, tenemos, no hace falta decirlo (...), un problema con el dopaje".

well- if you read & translate correctly the article-when he said "We"-he implies the ones involved in "Sports" in general, before he brings the issue to the Spaniard perspective:

El ministro de Educación, Cultura y Deporte, José Ignacio Wert, confesó que el deporte tiene "un problema con el dopaje"

nonetheless I entirely agree with his recommendations & looking forward to their realization.

 

[roundabout]

Still want the Olympics I see.

Although it is strange to see it when Rome quite sensibly pulled their bid.

 

[SiAp1984]

But only in cycling and athletics, not in football, of course ;-)

It is interesting that a representative of the government speaks out to this. I would like to hear an apology by the Spanish government for the (successful) attempt by former prime minister Zapatero to unduely influence sports' governing bodies.

Olympics in Spain would not be weird as even China had the games.

 

[BillytheKid]

Funny, I remember reading and ESPN Magazine article well over year ago or just after the World Cup... It lauded their sports dominance. This was right after the time of the Floyd Landis allegations. I believe their reporter is Bonnie Ford. She was echoing the WSJ. No coverage of cycling except the "doper." I just don't understand (or maybe I do) why the focus is always on a single athlete although there is nothing wrong with reporting that. It's the lack of of reporting the wider issue. Look at the money around sport. No one wants to take on the broader issue.

 

[sniper]

Funny, I remember reading and ESPN Magazine article well over year ago or just after the World Cup... It lauded their sports dominance. This was right after the time of the Floyd Landis allegations. I believe their reporter is Bonnie Ford. She was echoing the WSJ. No coverage of cycling except the "doper." I just don't understand (or maybe I do) why the focus is always on a single athlete although there is nothing wrong with reporting that. It's the lack of of reporting the wider issue. Look at the money around sport. No one wants to take on the broader issue.

big fat +1.
I've been saying this over and over again as well. Not much is gonna change in terms of doping as long as there are such shiploads of money involved in topsports.
Indeed, current doping-problems are hardly if ever addressed from this broader perspective in the press, not even in the german press.

 

[simo1733]

big fat +1.
I've been saying this over and over again as well. Not much is gonna change in terms of doping as long as there are such shiploads of money involved in topsports.
Indeed, current doping-problems are hardly if ever addressed from this broader perspective in the press, not even in the german press.

You can imagine the relative affluence of the drug tester compared to the super star being tested.If these people will spend $100,000 on PEDs, then I'm sure they would invest the same to influence a drug tester.

 

[Benotti69]

The French have been getting their dig in;

http://road.cc/content/news/52713-s...ng-reform-french-puppet-show-takes-pop-rivals

Bit stupid as they have Longo trying to escape out the back door!

I hope it escalates into both nations doing their best to catch dopers.

 

[Le breton]

The French have been getting their dig in;

http://road.cc/content/news/52713-s...ng-reform-french-puppet-show-takes-pop-rivals

Bit stupid as they have Longo trying to escape out the back door!

I hope it escalates into both nations doing their best to catch dopers.

Here we go again "The French".

You know, the people from France, that country where everybody thinks alike, practices the same sport, votes for the same political party, follows the same religion, reads the same newspaper, ....