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Apparently the NYSAC uses the same standards the Olympic drug ****s 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?
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?
..?
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