They could come early, they could come late, they could conceivably come in the middle of the night if they had some cause.
Rafael Palmeiro and Alex Rodriguez are among more than four dozen big leaguers suspended for violating the MLB's steroids policy. Dozens of NFL players have been suspended too. But progress will require more funding, according to Catlin, who said WADA would benefit from the input of outside researchers and scientists. As big as BALCO was, it has been dwarfed by Russia's state-sponsored doping program, which benefited more than 1, Russian athletes, according to the independent McLaren report released in As the Russia scandal illustrated, there are now a variety of substances and doping cocktails being used by athletes around the world.
The first step could be as simple as an online forum for comments, criticisms and suggestions that are coordinated independently and presented to WADA. The present situation appears to be that if you are critical, you are not invited to join the discussion. Even media investigations have been attacked; witness the response from Sebastian Coe after blood doping revelations. Everything above will have more chance of success if it is part of a completely fresh start to anti-doping that prioritises fairness and health in a more balanced way.
Involving athletes at the heart of strategy and planning would help create values and processes that other athletes could buy into. Building trust by reducing systematic doping through targeted efforts would build confidence and a better sense of purpose. Anti-doping is facing a crisis, the resolution of which may just require a re-orientation of objectives and methods based on key principles, values and innovative strategies.
At the very least it would help to bring different perspectives together for a conversation on what has gone wrong, what needs to change and how best to move forward towards a different future. Portsmouth Climate Festival — Portsmouth, Portsmouth. Edition: Available editions United Kingdom. Become an author Sign up as a reader Sign in. With so much at stake, it is easy to see why people choose to turn a blind eye.
A very low number of dirty athletes are currently exposed when doping. Solution: Recruit non-sports people for anti-doping positions, and create an independent doping test and enforcement agency.
Providing whistleblowers with an environment where they are supported is essential to encouraging people to do the right thing. Just as with dopers themselves, the idea is to encourage those who play by the rules and punish those who choose not to. Within this organisation, the people with the highest incentive to expose athletes would be at the forefront of any decision-making. Bringing in people outside of the sports industry, with the task of exposing rather than simply testing, creates a culture of openness and honesty — at the fear of dirty athletes.
Bringing in experts in areas such as Health, Business and Law to advise on anti-doping strategy offers a solution to ending the corruption that easily manifests itself in the sports industry.
Someone with a background in Law could provide insight into effective punishment strategy, whilst a Health professional could advise on overcoming unhealthy societal patterns. This could be enforced by producing targets for catching athletes, making it very hard for officials to turn down the opportunity to expose an athlete.
WADA was originally founded as an independent testing agency, however it receives half of its funding from the IOC , and so there is a worry that a conflict of interest between the IOC and WADA can result in test results being covered up. Athletes are more likely to partake when unaware of the side effects. WADA has produced a list of concerning health issues caused by doping;.
But what if there were a simple solution to end doping in sports once and for all? From the Incas chewing coca leaves to ancient Olympians chomping opium, humans have used drugs to enhance performance for millennia.
But a ban only works if the anti-doping agency can detect performance-enhancing drugs. So, instead of ending doping, all the IAAF managed to do is create a never-ending race: The agency creates a reliable test for a certain performance-enhancing drug. Athletes, in turn, look for new drugs that the agency cannot detect. The agency develops new drug tests.
And on it goes. After decades of cat-and-mouse , athletes found what they must have believed to be the ultimate doping agent: their own blood.
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