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For Those Who Approve Of Manny Suing GBP and The Mayweathers...
Here’s where the rubber meets the road.
Drug testing has been mandatory in boxing for how long now?
No boxer is ever suspected of or accused of being on PED’s. BUT each and everyone is mandated to submit to drug testing as per the athletic commissions’ guidelines, whether it‘s the NSAC or the CSAC.
That has been the precautionary measure in place and the norm in boxing for quite a while now, and is to be expected of any pro boxer to undergo.
Here’s the kicker for all of those claiming that Manny is being accused of using drugs unfairly when he has never tested positive for them….
Read carefully…
By Arum First acknowledging, agreeing to, approving of (insert whatever word you like) -- with Manny’s blessing no less -- to have Manny tested by the USADA he put Team Pacquiao in position to have Manny perceived as a possible candidate for using PED‘s.
Did you get that?
Team Pacquiao fell into the “pothole”, so to speak, by acknowledging that additional testing via bloodwork was a viable option when it was first proposed to them by GBP who's representative, Richard Schaefer, stated was part of the first draft of the contract.
They learned that the USADA could not guarantee a cutoff date without jeopardizing any effective means of accurately detecting the presence of performance enhancers.
Here's the other kicker...
By later proposing that other testing organizations who provide their services to the NFL, MLB, and NBA perform drug testing on both fighters, Arum further implicates him in the process.
Had Team Pacquiao simply refused from the get-go to entertain the option of testing by an outside testing agency, they would not have the additional worry of having Manny perceived as being a cheater by the boxing public. And they would have avoided all the hassle of battling for a “cutoff date” to begin with.
Looks to be self incrimination on the part of Team Pacquiao to me.
Let’s put Mayweather Sr.’s comments aside for a moment.
Who wouldn’t be concerned about a public statement such as:
“I’m responsible for what Manny takes. He has no idea what he takes”
in today’s world of performance enhancement use?
Who would have no concern over such statements particularly when it is a documented fact that other fighters have been tested and proven to show that they did use Performance Enhancement Drugs in the past?
That statement was read, and likely shared, by how many people around the boxing world?
Again -- by Team Pacquiao acknowledging publicly that USADA testing would be a viable option as long as there’s a cutoff date, they are just as responsible for what the public might or might not perceive about Manny.
Just a thought.
Drug testing has been mandatory in boxing for how long now?
No boxer is ever suspected of or accused of being on PED’s. BUT each and everyone is mandated to submit to drug testing as per the athletic commissions’ guidelines, whether it‘s the NSAC or the CSAC.
That has been the precautionary measure in place and the norm in boxing for quite a while now, and is to be expected of any pro boxer to undergo.
Here’s the kicker for all of those claiming that Manny is being accused of using drugs unfairly when he has never tested positive for them….
Read carefully…
By Arum First acknowledging, agreeing to, approving of (insert whatever word you like) -- with Manny’s blessing no less -- to have Manny tested by the USADA he put Team Pacquiao in position to have Manny perceived as a possible candidate for using PED‘s.
Did you get that?
Team Pacquiao fell into the “pothole”, so to speak, by acknowledging that additional testing via bloodwork was a viable option when it was first proposed to them by GBP who's representative, Richard Schaefer, stated was part of the first draft of the contract.
They learned that the USADA could not guarantee a cutoff date without jeopardizing any effective means of accurately detecting the presence of performance enhancers.
Here's the other kicker...
By later proposing that other testing organizations who provide their services to the NFL, MLB, and NBA perform drug testing on both fighters, Arum further implicates him in the process.
Had Team Pacquiao simply refused from the get-go to entertain the option of testing by an outside testing agency, they would not have the additional worry of having Manny perceived as being a cheater by the boxing public. And they would have avoided all the hassle of battling for a “cutoff date” to begin with.
Looks to be self incrimination on the part of Team Pacquiao to me.
Let’s put Mayweather Sr.’s comments aside for a moment.
Who wouldn’t be concerned about a public statement such as:
“I’m responsible for what Manny takes. He has no idea what he takes”
in today’s world of performance enhancement use?
Who would have no concern over such statements particularly when it is a documented fact that other fighters have been tested and proven to show that they did use Performance Enhancement Drugs in the past?
That statement was read, and likely shared, by how many people around the boxing world?
Again -- by Team Pacquiao acknowledging publicly that USADA testing would be a viable option as long as there’s a cutoff date, they are just as responsible for what the public might or might not perceive about Manny.
Just a thought.
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