USADA

Guess there has to be someone to take down " Paralympic Athletes " who buy product over the counter at a pharmacy ?  Yes , that was a real success there , tygart and your minions at usada , and you get $US9m a year from the US Government ! Proves that there are still some Athletes that inadvertently trust that Pharmacists know the products they dispense . WADA has a huge list of " prohibited substances " that each Athlete is responsible for being aware of , BUT can you recall the last time you consulted the ingredients of a product that you regularly buy ?

Medication is subject to stringent test before it arrives in any Pharmacy and one would have thought that any change in ingredients would need a Name change so that users were made aware of any change . Surely the Drug manufacturers need to check the " WADA list " to see that their product does not contain any " prohibited substance " since they are trying to sell to the broadest possible market ? When WADA decides to add products to their list , it would be after consultation with various authorities and it is unlikely they would fail to notify a drug manufacturer of their concerns about any product .

The mantra is that each Athlete is responsible for their own consumption of Food , drinks and medication but  even then there are well known cases where the Athlete has been able to get a " suspension " overturned . The Mexicans had success with contaminated meats but Contador , the cyclist , was unable to avoid a suspension through  the same ingredient contaminating food that he ate . A Scottish skier at the Salt Lake Olympic Winter Games bought an inhaler in the USA , not realising that there was a change in the US ingredients from that of those in the UK ingredients  .

USADA could be better at what they do if they received cooperation from Event Organisers as partly  detailed in the following source :
 https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-hLk6h125dTQ/UE6Yf40vb0I/AAAAAAAAFxk/kIrh2OC4dyI/s576/tallyusada1.jpg

There is a lot of comments on this in Cyclingnews forum :
http://forum.cyclingnews.com/showthread.php?t=18524

Seems that the USADA not only has difficulties with prosecuting " High Profile " Athletes , but even getting their act together at Events , where they have the right to conduct testing . Going to be interesting to see if the Event Organiser gets a Ban for interfering with " Tests " and how it effects the racing program  .

In recent times the USADA has suggested a " Truth & Reconciliation " tribunal but this will not work since there will be so much work involved in collecting the evidence . Far better they get behind a call to the US Government Authorities to back a WADA / IOC backed "Amnesty for ALL SPORT " . When Athletes both past & present and their support staff , can step forward in ALL COUNTRIES without fear of Legal Proceedings then there will be a chance for SPORT to be given the Cleanout that is so long overdue !