Well, like I said in another thread, the World Anti-Doping Code, which the USADA follows, has only been in effect since some time between 2001(Code published) and 2004 (Olympics). It has taken time for sports and agencies to adopt the practice. So to say x fighter was not tested this way in the past, is not really a good reason for the testing to happen now.
There have been a huge number of high profile athletes, in many sports, that have been caught cheating. Stricter drug testing is coming, especially with the USA and other countries ratifying an international convention against doping in sports. Maybe it's unfair that athlete's are guilty until proven innocent by the public, but that's how it is. The sanctioning bodies, promoters, commission and fighters have a responsibility to keep the playing field safe and fair. The only way to do that is with testing. You can't make the argument that someone shouldn't be tested more stringently because they hadn't tested positive before. It doesn't make sense. Maybe they never tested positive BECAUSE they weren't tested more stringently.
Congress will be after any pro sport that doesn't clean up its act. It's too bad for Pac that he's become the high-profile target in boxing, but he is and he has to deal with it the only way he can, which is by taking the tests.
There have been a huge number of high profile athletes, in many sports, that have been caught cheating. Stricter drug testing is coming, especially with the USA and other countries ratifying an international convention against doping in sports. Maybe it's unfair that athlete's are guilty until proven innocent by the public, but that's how it is. The sanctioning bodies, promoters, commission and fighters have a responsibility to keep the playing field safe and fair. The only way to do that is with testing. You can't make the argument that someone shouldn't be tested more stringently because they hadn't tested positive before. It doesn't make sense. Maybe they never tested positive BECAUSE they weren't tested more stringently.
Congress will be after any pro sport that doesn't clean up its act. It's too bad for Pac that he's become the high-profile target in boxing, but he is and he has to deal with it the only way he can, which is by taking the tests.
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