First of all please STOP with the "Manny is ducking" or "Floyd is ducking".
Manny has stated he will take a Blood and Urine test, just not from the USADA as their tests could jeopardize his performance. Team Pacquiao would rather use a different agency.
Team Floyd wants the USADA to conduct testing because it feels it's the best agency.
So this is a difference in opinion between the two camps on which Testing Standard should be used. Bottom line.
Now on the USADA, I might be wrong here..BUT everybody keeps claiming the USADA is the only way to get tested.
Well Marion Jones came to mind when all this fiasco broke out. She was a famed Olympian and they do use the USADA. Well I did some simple research and it shows she had never failed a drug test as and Olympian. She admitted using THG in the 2000 Olympics.
So explain why should the USADA be used and not Agency who tests NBA/NFL players as recommended by Arum?
Arum said he believed the USADA was "compromised" because of their relationship with Golden Boy and proposed that the Kansas City-based National Center for Drug Free Sport -- an agency that has been used by the NFL, NBA and MLB -- be charged with testing before the fight. That agency, Arum said, would limit the number of blood tests -- including no tests within 30 days of the event -- while being free to conduct urine tests at any time.
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USADA does a lot of work for the NFL and baseball too you know. The company is very wide reaching and reputable; it's damn near libelous in itself to suggest so publicly that they may be corrupt.
Arum said he believed the USADA was "compromised" because of their relationship with Golden Boy and proposed that the Kansas City-based National Center for Drug Free Sport -- an agency that has been used by the NFL, NBA and MLB -- be charged with testing before the fight. That agency, Arum said, would limit the number of blood tests -- including no tests within 30 days of the event -- while being free to conduct urine tests at any time.
Read more: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/writers/chris_mannix/12/24/pacquiao.thursday.deadline/index.html#ixzz0agLcIuOK
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You've got to be a real idiot to believe Arum here.
If Manny is using what Marion Jones was, or getting it from those kind of suppliers it's doubtful he'll ever test positive regardless of WHO is doing the testing.
That said...if you think Olympic Testing is bad, how about the ones who test NFL players?
First of all please STOP with the "Manny is ducking" or "Floyd is ducking".
Manny has stated he will take a Blood and Urine test, just not from the USADA as their tests could jeopardize his performance. Team Pacquiao would rather use a different agency.
Team Floyd wants the USADA to conduct testing because it feels it's the best agency.
So this is a difference in opinion between the two camps on which Testing Standard should be used. Bottom line.
Now on the USADA, I might be wrong here..BUT everybody keeps claiming the USADA is the only way to get tested.
Well Marion Jones came to mind when all this fiasco broke out. She was a famed Olympian and they do use the USADA. Well I did some simple research and it shows she had never failed a drug test as and Olympian. She admitted using THG in the 2000 Olympics.
So explain why should the USADA be used and not Agency who tests NBA/NFL players as recommended by Arum?
Because Floyd said so