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Re: Sharapova doping for 10 years [Kay Serrar]
Kay Serrar wrote:
gregf83 wrote:
Kay Serrar wrote:
So you agree with me then. The line is drawn by what is on WADA's banned list.
Not at all. WADA is always going to be behind and athletes should use the 3 guidelines I posted to determine whether a given substance should be taken.


Ok, so it's up to the athletes to determine what they should and shouldn't be allowed to take. Got it. And caffeine is ok, but "obscure Eastern European drug not on the US FDA's approved list" is not. And where's the line in between those two? Do you draw the line? Does each athlete draw their own line? Bottom line (pun intended), the only line to be drawn is what is or isn't on WADA's banned list.

And by the way, the three factors you quoted are what WADA uses to determine what should be banned, not what they suggest athletes use as their own subjective determination of what they can and can't take. Only you are trying to impose that responsibility on athletes.
Now I agree with you. It's up to the athletes to decide what to take. If you do even a cursory read of WADA's guidelines it's not as gray as you are implying.

Further inf from WADA:
Quote:
. [1] The full SO category description is “Any pharmacological substance which is not addressed by any of the subsequent sections of the List and with no current approval by any governmental regulatory health authority for human therapeutic use (e.g. drugs under pre-clinical or clinical development or discontinued, designer drugs, substances approved only for veterinary use) is prohibited at all times.
This doesn't apply to Sharapova's drug but it does cover items not yet on the list.

Is it unreasonable for athletes to just train at their sport and not look for unfair advantages provided by drugs?
Last edited by: gregf83: Mar 10, 16 3:33

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