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Interesting you're prepared to use common sense for Maria but "officially their cheats" for the 34.
I don't think the 34 are drug "cheats" in my own personal view. But in terms of being cheats in breaking the rules, officially they are.
I can see why other people would call them that
I'm not really bothered by people calling the 34 "drug cheats" because it's so insignificant in the scheme of things
I think they're probably guilty. I can see why people would think different. That's fine
 

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I don't think the 34 are drug "cheats" in my own personal view. But in terms of being cheats in breaking the rules, officially they are.
I can see why other people would call them that
I'm not really bothered by people calling the 34 "drug cheats" because it's so insignificant in the scheme of things
I think they're probably guilty. I can see why people would think different. That's fine
Hmmmm very interesting post.

Completely ignored the double standards of "officially guilty" v "common sense" point that I was making but interesting none the less.
 

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I don't think the 34 are drug "cheats" in my own personal view. But in terms of being cheats in breaking the rules, officially they are.
I can see why other people would call them that
I'm not really bothered by people calling the 34 "drug cheats" because it's so insignificant in the scheme of things
I think they're probably guilty. I can see why people would think different. That's fine
I'm the same as you. The whole intent thing.
 
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Hmmmm very interesting post.

Completely ignored the double standards of "officially guilty" v "common sense" point that I was making but interesting none the less.
Maybe you and I define "cheat" differently. Or "guilty" differently. Idk. I just don't see it as that big a deal, that we think different things. This is what I think. You think something different. Lance might think something different again. And that's okay.
 

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Why don't we change our name also.

How about Strathmore Condors and we'll wear green and blue.
Vertical stripes below a black silhouette of wings across the chest. Home and away jumpers can alternate between majority green and blue (the top section and sides).

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Of course you can. But saying they "disrespected" the other judges by doing their job is a bit ridiculous.
WADA were well within their scope to appeal the decision to CAS. After the AFL tribunal the rhetoric coming out of mcdevitt painted a picture that ASADA wanted the whole thing taken away from anything to do with the AFL. This may have been interpreted as showing ASADA's disrespect of its own process or mistrust of the afl tribunal. Mcdevitt was asked at senate estimates why ASADA didn't appeal. His answer IIRC was along the lines of it would have cost too much money. I think there are a few ways to look at what transpired.
 
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Maybe you and I define "cheat" differently. Or "guilty" differently. Idk. I just don't see it as that big a deal, that we think different things. This is what I think. You think something different. Lance might think something different again. And that's okay.
Again interesting but again you ignored the actual point raised. :) I feel you won't ever address it.
 
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Not sure if this has been posted..

The NRL is set to proceed against the "forgotten Cronulla five", the handful of Sharks players who declined a "doped and duped" deal with ASADA that saw many of their teammates serve a three-game suspension in 2014.

Lawyers for the five players – Colin Best, Paul Aiton, Ben Pomeroy, John Williams and Stuart Flanagan - were served by the NRL with violation notices on Monday.

The players will be given two weeks to respond and face a potential two-year ban.



Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/rugby-league/...asada-deal-20160308-gnddmb.html#ixzz42HPrUSNH
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Not even a fan of sharapova, but on the surface this seems rough. Plays her whole career using this medication/drug, then bang they ban it and in her first and only tournament since the drug is now banned, she tests positive for it. There is something fishy going on.

Wada have long wanted a big scalp in tennis, I just find it interesting that out of all the top make and female players of the past 10 years, it's sharapova who is the one caught out. Forget about the 3 males who can compete in 5 hour matches back to back in a grand slam with less than 2 days recovery or the 1 female who id's the size of a brick shithouse and once avoided a drug test at home.

Hopefully sharapova gets no longer than 3 months.
If WADA is consistent (yes, that is a meant to be a joke), Sharapova can't get a reduced penalty if she wasn't declaring it on her pre test form. You know, that would be concealing it from the testers, eventhough she thought it was legal. Michael Beloff would be very troubled if this were the case. Not sure why he would be troubled, but he would.
 
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