by john68 » Sun Feb 21, 2021 8:03 pm
Thanks BiB,
It seems to have always been the case that the sports authorities and the sports' drug authorities are always several steps behind the laboratories.
It also seems that global top level sports are increasingly tied to finance via owners and sponsors.
Add to that, there are a number of sustances that positively affect performance that are currently legal.
And finally there is the use or abuse of the TUE system. (Therapeutic Use Exemptions).
I don't fully know what the drud testing regime is in domestic football but all sports seem to have different regimes.
There is a massive space for anyone or any club that chooses to to use legal sustances that improve performance or to use club doctors to issues unecessary TUEs.
WADA & UKAD don't appear to have the necessary resources to keep pace with well funded laboratories nor the official sports, bodies and the many and various sponsors.
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