Apparently the NYSAC uses the same standards the Olympic drug nazis use. There is quite a collection of literature about false positives and ruined careers . These are false positives that were later proven to be false, not just appealed or disputed. Now I'm not saying whether or not Toney is guilty, but I would at least expect a secondary, more definitive test before a decision of this magnitude is carried through.
Facts:
It's not just corticosteroids used to treat a rehabilitate an injury...
http://ajsm.highwire.org/cgi/content/abstract/27/1/2
Although I would have expected a full disclosure ( by the Toney camp) of medications prior to the bout, I am aware that steroids give tell tale signatures in the blood for a rather extended period of time.
'...And the problem of positive doping results from cross-contamination made national headlines when U.S. bobsledder Pavle Jovanovic was disqualified from the Salt Lake Olympics for a test result he blamed on a cross-contaminated protein powder supplement, and when research conducted at an IOC-accredited drug testing laboratory in 2002 found 94 of the 634 samples contained substances not listed on the label that would trigger positive drug tests. Outraged anti-doping authorities demanded federal legislation to remove the products from the market. Coalitions were formed, lobbyists were engaged, and several bills were introduced on Capitol Hill....'
Perhaps the jury should take a little longer to make a verdict?
I shoot up on boxing and too much time in the lab.
What I mean by olympic drug nazis..are the guys that are so overzealous about people using performance enhancing drugs that they destroy innocents' careers in the name of pursuing cleanliness in sport. How many false positives? How many people with ruined careers because of nothing more than association or rumor?
Do you remember those Greek sprinters that were so obviously guilty?
I agree with this; the IOC takes things way overboard
olympic drug nazis?
and what do you shoot up on, mr mutant scum of the earth ..?
So I guess you think its ok that someone gets stripped of a gold medal for taken sudafed for the flu? Everything isn't black and white when it comes to drug tests and pro sports.
I shoot up on boxing and too much time in the lab.
What I mean by olympic drug nazis..are the guys that are so overzealous about people using performance enhancing drugs that they destroy innocents' careers in the name of pursuing cleanliness in sport. How many false positives? How many people with ruined careers because of nothing more than association or rumor?
Do you remember those Greek sprinters that were so obviously guilty?