AHare wrote:
owtbac86 wrote:
Just replying to you in general to follow through on my update.
Had a good telephone conversation with USADA. I just forwarded on the relevant information via email to USADA regarding prerace IV, along with results page to establish participation/completion of the HITS Kingston Half. USADA is planning to look into this since they have the photos, results, etc. (goes back to failing the stupid test).
I also spoke with Charlie Crawford at USAT - he deferred the issue to USADA, since it is a potential violation of Article 8 of the USAT rules (doping), for which enforcement responsibility lies with USADA.
I have not heard back from HITS.
That's all for now.
It would've been fun to be a bug on the wall after he hung up the phone.
<hangs up phone>
"Holy shit!"
"What is it, Johnson?"
"Some asshole from the internet wants us to enforce a ban on a guy doing IMs day after day for charity."
"So instead of enforcing antidoping against actual professionals who are actually cheating to win actual, consequential races, he wants us to spend legal, political, and financial resources to take down a guy who is trying to raise money for fat kids? What the evidence?"
"Well, he showed us some facebook posts where some skinny guys were on IVs"
This shouldn't taken as me saying "only enforce antidoping rules against big fish", but rather "USADA/WADA have a limited budget financially and politically, and I bet there's about zero chance that they'll do anything about this on what is likely some pretty legally-flimsy evidence"
Bravo and well said, I had the pleasure of meeting and spending some time with James and idc what people say or think he is a genuinely good person doing something to make a difference in a world where you can't turn on the news or look at facebook without wondering if we are all going to dying, be shot, blown up or fall fate to some other horrifical end. James is not out there to win races, to get spots in Kona, to be recognized as anyone in the triathlon world, he is out there pushing his own limits to make a difference, to inspire, to give hope to people and most honorably children that suffer with being products of the American way. James and his team did not go out and do a HITS race because they gave a shit about a sanctioned result, the HITS people welcomed James in as a supporter of him and all he has stood for and accomplished. If you don't like him fine, if you hate children fine, if you hate America and our freedoms fine ;P but until you get off your ass and attempt a fraction of what he is doing for the reasons he is doing it and do it spot on with not a waiver in "the rules" just shut your face.
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