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  • BIGPOPPAPUMP
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    Comments Thread For: VADA Partners to Educate Athletes on Banned Substances

    Boxers, mixed martial artists and other athletes with questions about dietary supplements and potentially dangerous or banned substances will be able to get answers from experts, done confidentially and online.

    The Voluntary Anti-Doping Association, or VADA, announced earlier this week that it has partnered with The National Center for Drug Free Sport’s Resource Exchange Center.

    “VADA’s most important mission is education of the athletes, trainers, commissions, the public and the media,” Goodman told BoxingScene.com via email. “Working with the REC will further enable interested parties — especially the fighters — to have confidential access to experts in the anti-doping field. [Click Here To Read More]
  • Convicted_Felon
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    Progress is attempting to be made.

    That's fantastic. Before a fighter takes a supplement, they should check it against VADA's list. Therefore anyone caught using anything will pay dearly because there is no excuse. Resources are now available to eliminate the 'I didn't know' factor.

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    • Weebler I
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      Originally posted by Convicted_Felon
      That's fantastic. Before a fighter takes a supplement, they should check it against VADA's list. Therefore anyone caught using anything will pay dearly because there is no excuse. Resources are now available to eliminate the 'I didn't know' factor.
      They'll still pull the 'I didn't know' shit anyway.

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      • SERVILEV
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        its a step in the right direction! kinda like the offical list of approved bats!
        but like the bat list, gotta keep checking for brands and models being added
        and taken off!

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