Steyn fails dope test.

[hamG]

They either axe him or this specific drug rule, you can't just say 'sure you failed a doping test but don't worry it doesn't really matter'.

Why is he the only 'injured' player who has been pinged for this? Surely if it is so innocent it must happen all the time? No doubt all fast bowlers take pain medication at some stage but do they all test positive 30% over the allowable limit?

I bet if an Aussie tested positive to this during the Ashes the shit would hit the fan in a big way, we'd be accused of winning through drug cheating and not playing in the spirit of the game and all that shit.

 

[Illinois Nazi]

So you are disputing this?

You may find life more illuminating if you open your other eye every now and then.

So there's a prescribed limit to how much of this substance you can have in your system, he has exceeded that limit, but everyone is falling all over themselves to find an excuse for him? And there is to be no questioning of the excuse he has offered for how the levels got so high? We just accept it? So then why is the limit in place at all?

I mean, I'm not surprised he got off, it fits in well with every other positive test the subcontinent have ever had.

 

[CrazyQ]

If you really believe Steyn knew he was taking illegal substances, you then have no doubt Warne was a drug cheat.

 

[Illinois Nazi]

If you really believe Steyn knew he was taking illegal substances, you then have no doubt Warne was a drug cheat.

I don't know if he knew or not, I'm just surprised at how everybody is so keen to find a way to let him off the hook.

 

[TheBrownlowMan37]

If you really believe Steyn knew he was taking illegal substances, you then have no doubt Warne was a drug cheat.

No doubt you'd be ramming it home to us if it was Clarke or Johnson in the same situation, up on your high horse telling us how Australians are all filthy drug cheats. Your opinion here is so irrelevant.

 

[CrazyQ]

No doubt you'd be ramming it home to us if it was Clarke or Johnson in the same situation, up on your high horse telling us how Australians are all filthy drug cheats. Your opinion here is so irrelevant.

I never call Australian players filthy, it's too personal. If this was any player, be it from the Aussie team or from India, I'd say the same thing. If you think Steyn knew it, then Warne definitely did it.

By the way, I've got no idea who you are and I would probably never respond to you again or care what you think.

You are actually very lucky I am responding. So bow.

 

[Tapee]

I don't know if he knew or not, I'm just surprised at how everybody is so keen to find a way to let him off the hook.

People can relate to taking pain killers, it's likely something they've had to do sometime in their life and think nothing of it. If you contrast that to taking steroids you're entering foreign territory for most people which allows them to get all frothy around the mouth about unfair advantages and cast judgement from their high horse.

Both are performance enhancing, one just sits a lot easier on the conscience of the average punter.

 

[King Elvis]

If you really believe Steyn knew he was taking illegal substances, you then have no doubt Warne was a drug cheat.

Haven't the vast majority of posts been supportive of Steyn?

 

[CrazyQ]

Haven't the vast majority of posts been supportive of Steyn?

Yes, it has, surprisingly.

 

[dr nick]

Masking agent?

lol not quite.

It's a painkiller. It doesn't flush unwanted banned drugs out of your system

 

[dr nick]

People can relate to taking pain killers, it's likely something they've had to do sometime in their life and think nothing of it. If you contrast that to taking steroids you're entering foreign territory for most people....

or diving into your mums handbag to chow down her prescription medications

 

[djrasa]

that convict bloke ... shane warne got caught with fat pills... he will be fine...