Comments Thread For: Pacquiao: NSAC Must Punish Mayweather For IV Use!

[radioraheem]

emphasis on the bold


Wait what?

Everything you can find on NSAC's website suggests they follow WADA protocol for what is banned. Where is everyone hearing otherwise exactly? And what does this have to do with the legitimate concern that it can mask PED use? I'm pretty sure that even if it isn't outright banned that they'd have to be notified of something in advance if it can alter drug test results.

Incorrect. NSAC does not follow WADA protocol. NSAC only follows true WADA protocol for athletes enrolling in their advanced random drug testing program.

[radioraheem]

The nsac is not going to punish floyd, they should for this violation but floyd is untouchable in vegas. He got a slap on the wrist for beating his ex, and was allowed to fight first. Learn about politics, ill scratch your back if you scratch mine type deal. Ill be shock if the commission does the honorable thing and rules the fight a no contest.

NSAC has no reason to rule the fight a no contest because no samples came back positive. They don't rule no contests based on su****ion, but rather facts.

[BrometheusBob.]

Incorrect. NSAC does not follow WADA protocol. NSAC only follows true WADA protocol for athletes enrolling in their advanced random drug testing program.

Not according to the NSAC website.

[ReIoaded]

In the end, whose actions look more guilty?

1. Pacquiao who ducked random testing but eventually caved in and agreed to random testing

or

2. Mayweather who implemented random drug testing in the sport of boxing while injecting himself with masking agents in the comfort of his home?

[BrometheusBob.]

Bob Bennett and USADA have both gone on record and noted that IV use isn't banned under Nevada rules, regardless of amount. The only time a TUE is required is when it is administered outside of a hospital.

If he did say that then I'll admit I'm mistaken. That being said it was administered outside of a hospital, so it was still the case that what Mayweather did wasn't permissible by NSAC rules (without an NSAC TUE) even if they would otherwise allow IV administration of saline.

If Mayweather had taken 20 minutes to drive to the hospital and complain of dehydration, there would be nothing to complain about, because then he wouldn't even need an NSAC TUE, but would need one from USADA (the one he already has). People alleging PED use are grasping at straws.

Yeah, and if he had done that then at least we would have medical verification of his so called dehydration. I would personally have zero problems with what he did if he had legitimately received the IV as a result of proper medical care. But that's not what happened. Why the phuck should we trust Mayweather to make that determination himself or to decide to self medicate when that can alter the ability for drug tests to accurately test what else he had in him? Saying it's ok because it is something that could be part of actual medical treatment is bull**** because that's not how he received it and that distinction is important.

USADA spent years taking down Lance Armstrong, but are unabashedly bending corners for public enemy #1 Floyd Mayweather? I sincerely think not.

Believe it brother. According to Bob Bennet, USADA told NSAC that agents had found evidence of IV usage when they came by for a random test but did not mention this until they retroactively granted the exemption weeks after the fight. That in of itself is bending corners for Floyd Mayweather.

[HeroBando]

Bob Bennett and USADA have both gone on record and noted that IV use isn't banned under Nevada rules, regardless of amount. The only time a TUE is required is when it is administered outside of a hospital.

If Mayweather had taken 20 minutes to drive to the hospital and complain of dehydration, there would be nothing to complain about, because then he wouldn't even need an NSAC TUE, but would need one from USADA (the one he already has). People alleging PED use are grasping at straws.

USADA spent years taking down Lance Armstrong, but are unabashedly bending corners for public enemy #1 Floyd Mayweather? I sincerely think not.

Nevada doesn't ban PACs painkiller, but they denied him cause he didn't apply in timely manner. Floyd applied 18 days later, and with the wrong people lol, who also broke their protocol to grant it retroactively.

Lance was never hiring Usada under a private contract.

[BrometheusBob.]

Nevada doesn't ban PACs painkiller, but they denied him cause he didn't apply in timely manner. Floyd applied 18 days later, and with the wrong people lol, who also broke their protocol to grant it retroactively.

Lance was never hiring Usada under a private contract.

Speaking of private contract, USADA got paid $150k upfront for May/Pac (I saw one figure for another fight where they were paid $36k).

[doom_specialist]

Nevada doesn't ban PACs painkiller, but they denied him cause he didn't apply in timely manner. Floyd applied 18 days later, and with the wrong people lol, who also broke their protocol to grant it retroactively.

Lance was never hiring Usada under a private contract.

Floyd also notified USADA of his intention to have the IV, and they approved it, which is why he was given the TUE retroactively. This isn't USADA's first retroactive exemption, so I'd hardly call it breaking protocol.

The fact that you think that the organization who makes sure that Olympians are clean would shamelessly cheat to protect a guy no one likes, but would spend years taking down a guy who was considered a hero is beyond me. Lance is no slouch when it comes to big money, and USADA gets paid regardless of if Floyd wins or loses.

Also, what does USADA gain from standing by a cheater? He has one fight left, so if anything, busting him would only bolster their credibility and make them more appealing. The notion that Floyd has every governing body and rules organization in his pocket is just ****** to me. The guy is a fighter. People here seem to think he isn't very bright, but during times like these you guys turn him into a billionaire diabolical genius :/

The sad part of the entire thing is that Floyd could have taken a 20 minute drive to any hospital and requested an IV and this would be a non-issue. The conspiracy theories are ridiculous.

[HeroBando]

Speaking of private contract, USADA got paid $150k upfront for May/Pac (I saw one figure for another fight where they were paid $36k).

I'm guessing those guys didn't pay for a Tue exemption, much less retroactive for 15x legal allowance of a masking agent. Maybe the 35k buys you no samples taken testing they do on pbc

[jaded]

Floyd also notified USADA of his intention to have the IV, and they approved it, which is why he was given the TUE retroactively. This isn't USADA's first retroactive exemption, so I'd hardly call it breaking protocol.

The fact that you think that the organization who makes sure that Olympians are clean would shamelessly cheat to protect a guy no one likes, but would spend years taking down a guy who was considered a hero is beyond me.

Floyd could have taken a 20 minute drive to any hospital and requested an IV and this would be a non-issue. The conspiracy theories are ridiculous.

I can't believe you said that. That was 18 days after the fight...18 DAYS AFTER THE FIGHT. That's not breaking protocol? Retroactive approval after the fact? That's like applying for a drivers license after you've been caught driving without one and expecting the fine to be retroactively dismissed.