http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/15.01/pound.html?pg=1&topic=pound&topic_set=
Fascinating article, and some interesting insight into Dick Pound. While I fundamentally agree with the objectives of WADA, it seems that the very founder of the organizationmay be undermining its credibility.
What do you think?
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Is there really any question?
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I thought that was a pretty good article. While I support the mandate of WADA and would like to see sports rid of drugs. Pound is a blow-hard jackass who calls into question the entire organization. A couple quotes from the article hit it on the head…
“The World Anti-Doping Code requires that results of a positive drug test stay confidential until confirmed by a backup test – which in Jones’ case came back negative. And following that, there’s an arbitration and appeals process before an athlete is formally found guilty – a process that’s still in progress with Landis. Pound himself oversees the entire system by which these allegations against athletes are adjudicated, but he can’t seem to stay silent and impartial. By speaking out, Pound violates his own rules.”
“The tendency to indict athletes before the process is over has earned Pound their distrust and has even put his supporters on the defensive. Too often, critics say, Pound himself becomes the issue when a competitor tests positive.”
“Call it Pound’s paradox: In the Code, Pound has created a framework
that could restore faith in athletes and sports. But his inability to
live by the Code may make him exactly the wrong person to lead the fight”
I wont even waste my time reading this stuff. Nothing is going to change. It is all talk. Too much money is being made by a few to stop it.
Dave
I have read a few other articles along a similar vein. I also like this bit:
“Mr. Pound has depicted himself as the ethical conscience of the IOC, while failing to practice what he preaches.”
I think the police and judicial system need to live by fairly similar rules to what they enforce! Especially on the ethics/moral front… Unfortunately Dick appears to be a law unto him self. Given he was a side kick to Samaranch - it is not too much of a surprise. He was also a law unto himself, and corrupt as hell.
Interesting point, I’ll confess I don’t know very much about Samaranch and the IOC. What made him “corrupt as hell”?