With the Olympics coming upFollow

The british olymipic Authority have found themselves in the middle of an almighty b*tchfight about a clause in their bylaws that bans any Athlete caught taking drug from being selected for the British Olympic squad for life.



Now i have long since stopped believing that the top athlete's in the world are clean, the second they take food suplements or energy drinks they stop being "clean" and step into the murky world of enhancements.

Most British Athletes are wholy against Mr Chambers going but the rest of the world seems to find the UK stance odd, the oft repeated line from non UK athletes is "He hasn't killed anyone, a 2 year ban is enough"

Thoughts? Should all Athlete's caught be banned for life or is two years (or 4 making sure that they miss at least 1 olympics) enough?

Bare in mind that a simple throat lozenge would lead to you being banned.

Make Amphetamines and Cocaine compulsory like they do in Baseball.

We were on a break!!

I agree with the lifetime ban.It's only a sport after all.If they are going to cheat they can go do something else with their lives.Giving them another chance is just giving them another chance of cheating only better this time.

And in other 'guess who ain't going to the Olympics this year' news, Oscar "Stumpy" Pistorius failed to qualify for the team.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/19/sports/olympics/19track.html?hp

I found it funny when the Canadian snowboarder got caught with THC in his bloodstream and they were talking about/did take away his gold medal as a result. It's marijuana! How does that enhance any athlete?

That being said, any athlete that gets caught having an over the counter medication drug in their system, should be banned one Olympics (assuming they can "prove" that it was an over the counter medication that caused the test failure). Anything else, bye bye for life.

Right to the point of escalation and then we get to watch vena cava veins pop like ballons in peoples foreheads because now they have to be even bigger, faster, stronger. It would certainly make Shot put entertaining. Which I'm all about.

Right to the point of escalation and then we get to watch vena cava veins pop like ballons in peoples foreheads because now they have to be even bigger, faster, stronger.

Anything that makes Team Handball or Biathalon bearable is well worth it.

Fact.

I'd also like to see Fencing on PCP.

I'd also like to see Fencing on PCP.

I fenced as a kid. If I'd been left handed, I would have had a shot at making the national team. Or just better, I guess, that would have helped too.

By the looks of it more people than any other sporting event other than the Soccer world cup final

I'm more interested in getting some information on it really, but feel free to put words in my mouth.

Doesn't really matter as long as it's consistant from athlete to athlete.

No, if it led to a positive result it could be screened out.

The testing procedures are made clear to athletes, as are the products and ingredients that are banned.

If an athlete is using something with unknown ingredients (some herbal remedies and witch-doctor brews) they are knowingly taking a risk.




Edited, Jul 18th 2008 8:07pm by Elinda