Drugs in other sports and the media.
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A Gaelic Football player tested positive for a banned substance in a supplement he was taking. While it appears he made a genuine mistake with regard to the supplement, the more interesting thing about this case is the fact that he failed the test, was given a ban, appealed the ban before various councils and appeals bodies and was eventually given a 21 week ban and none of this was reported in the media. The failed test occurred on the 24th of April 2016 but the story only broke in late-May 2017! Sport Ireland, (the Irish Sports Governing Body) have revealed that 3 athletes tested positive and one refused to undergo a test. One case involves an unidentified athlete but Sports Ireland have commented that it is "nothing earth shattering"! Only 1,003 dope tests were carried out last year on Irish athletes. The failure rate for dope tests in Ireland is O.4 per cent but in an anonymous survey of athletes from various sports, 40% said they know someone who is using dope and 6% admitted using drugs themselves at some point. More head-in-the-sand shite from a sports governing body.
http://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic- ... 79453.html
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Tiger Woods — faced with possibly losing joint custody of his two young kids after his DUI bust — is going back into rehab, a new report says.
The addled golf great recently reserved the entire male inpatient unit of the Jupiter Medical Center near his Florida home for his stint for an addiction to prescription pills, according to Radar Online.
“Tiger visited the hospital with his children on June 2, then went alone two days later to complete paperwork and his assessment,” a source told the gossip Web site.
The tee ace, 41, was arrested in Jupiter on May 29 after being found dozing behind the wheel of his banged-up Mercedes-Benz.
He later admitted to cops that he had taken Xanax earlier in the night and also was on Vicodin.
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Interesting. Jeez you responded to that quick.0
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Opiate addiction is a tremendous problem in the US. I listened to something recently that had the numbers - the stats were something like the US has 5% of the world's population but uses 80% of the prescribed opiates (and I think practically 100% of Vicodin is supplied in the US).I'm left handed, if that matters.0
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k-dog wrote:Opiate addiction is a tremendous problem in the US. I listened to something recently that had the numbers - the stats were something like the US has 5% of the world's population but uses 80% of the prescribed opiates (and I think practically 100% of Vicodin is supplied in the US).
Jared Kushner is going to sort it out.0 -
k-dog wrote:Opiate addiction is a tremendous problem in the US. I listened to something recently that had the numbers - the stats were something like the US has 5% of the world's population but uses 80% of the prescribed opiates (and I think practically 100% of Vicodin is supplied in the US).
Big Pharma run rampant in the US - or at least some states, given the way so much legislation sits with the states rather than federal govt in DC. Pharma companies flooding states such as West Virginia with addictive pain-killers which doctors are dolling out like smarties (with cheques from pharma companies in their back pockets). To add to the problem, drug cartels...0 -
I guess American football and baseball have better PR and media than cycling. All of them have dope issues, but it always seems that cycling takes the blackest eye as an entire sport versus just the individual.
I remember the Bonds/McGuire drug days in American baseball. I don't feel there was any similar level of collective outrage at the sport, or even hardly the individual.
But heck, Lance hit the news and people in the US who didn't even give a crap about cycling came out of the wood works to throw some hate around at the sport.0 -
I think LA got caught up a bit in the whole financial crisis "we are clean and trustworthy" push in the US.0
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Part of this is the insular nature of the sports involved. most of the world just really doesn't care and the majority of their stars are unknown outside of the US.burnthesheep wrote:I guess American football and baseball have better PR and media than cycling. All of them have dope issues, but it always seems that cycling takes the blackest eye as an entire sport versus just the individual.
I remember the Bonds/McGuire drug days in American baseball. I don't feel there was any similar level of collective outrage at the sport, or even hardly the individual.
But heck, Lance hit the news and people in the US who didn't even give a crap about cycling came out of the wood works to throw some hate around at the sport.
The international nature of other sports makes them more newsworthy here0 -
burnthesheep wrote:I guess American football and baseball have better PR and media than cycling. All of them have dope issues, but it always seems that cycling takes the blackest eye as an entire sport versus just the individual.
Some of the media over there pick up on it, Pro Football Talk for eg....but I don't think the paying public are bothered.
PFT annually run columns when the tiny drug testing window is opened. The biggest focus over there is for recreational drugs, despite teams being in states where marijuana is legal.
Few years back a lot of players were being busted for adderall....ADHD medication. Apparently it's a good masking agent...0 -
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I sadly accept now that the drug culture has permeated all sport, it's not sport specific but performance enhancement in it's widest application. I guess these guys and girls take so many different boosters, proteins, carbs and goodness what else it's just a question of taking one more. Progress?'Performance analysis and Froome not being clean was a media driven story. I haven’t heard one guy in the peloton say a negative thing about Froome, and I haven’t heard a single person in the peloton suggest Froome isn’t clean.' TSP0
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What? Athletes taking proteins and carbs? That's shocking! I think I may have finally lost hope.0
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Bo Duke wrote:I sadly accept now that the drug culture has permeated all sport, it's not sport specific but performance enhancement in it's widest application. I guess these guys and girls take so many different boosters, proteins, carbs and goodness what else it's just a question of taking one more. Progress?
I played football after work last night, just a friendly bit of five a side between workmates. One lad had a gel before the game....WTF is that about.0 -
SheffSimon wrote:Bo Duke wrote:I sadly accept now that the drug culture has permeated all sport, it's not sport specific but performance enhancement in it's widest application. I guess these guys and girls take so many different boosters, proteins, carbs and goodness what else it's just a question of taking one more. Progress?
I played football after work last night, just a friendly bit of five a side between workmates. One lad had a gel before the game....WTF is that about.
Same thinking as fat people riding very expensive lightweight bikes with 53 x 12 gearing. People want to look like pros.0 -
Wimbledon taking after the Tour of old and having a drug scandal a few days before it kicks off.
Dan Evans - British UK no. 3 - has been caught playing around with the devil's dandruff. It will be interesting to see how his ban compares with Paolini's 18 months.Twitter: @RichN950 -
I think its been reported up to 4 years which is surely a bit harsh for coke?Rule #5 // Harden The Feck Up.
Rule #9 // If you are out riding in bad weather, it means you are a badass. Period.
Rule #12 // The correct number of bikes to own is n+1.
Rule #42 // A bike race shall never be preceded with a swim and/or followed by a run.0 -
Entire Russian world cup squad from 2014 under investigation
https://www.theguardian.com/football/20 ... estigationBut his TUEs!Warning No formatter is installed for the format0 -
No tA Doctor wrote:Entire Russian world cup squad from 2014 under investigation
https://www.theguardian.com/football/20 ... estigationBut his TUEs!
Thought you didn't get doping in football
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It's a skill sport, drugs don't make any difference...I'm left handed, if that matters.0
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-40440387
Tested positive for a weight suppressant prohibited in competition. I know its all about the horse
but in a sport that's all about keeping the jockeys weight down............
4 week ban - really?0 -
What a joke - she took a weight suppressant following a serious injury, nothing to do with anything other than cheating.I'm left handed, if that matters.0
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yeah seems she was overweight after an injury \ period of non training and so took drugs to lose weight ! Wonder how many other jockeys are doing the same thing0
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sherer wrote:yeah seems she was overweight after an injury \ period of non training and so took drugs to lose weight ! Wonder how many other jockeys are doing the same thing
It probably is healthier long term than some of the things they do to keep weight off.0 -
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Rick Chasey wrote:
Really cant see how Jones (salary: £50k per week) or Blind (£75k per week) will find the money0 -
Rick Chasey wrote:
It's ok because there is no suggestion that they had been doping.0
