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Yeah there does need to be a hard ruling on this. Its up to the athlete to make sure they're clean so claiming to have taken something accidentally isn't an acceptable excuse or they are simply lying so should be considered the same as doping. The fact there still seems to be this wiggle room that if you can prove its from a tainted supplement/steak you often get away with it for a first offence there is no reason for the manufacturers to improve or the athletes to test for themselves as if something gets flagged the company apologise and say they'll up the QC from now on but probably won't as no one will be checking and only at that point does the athlete have to be more careful in future. So they need to be a bit stricter on the athlete and a lot stricter on the companies as they seem to have very little kick back in these situations. If the company or pharmacist can take the blame for the athlete but thats it and nothing really happens no huge fine or loss of license to trade then whats the point?
Retro_Bastard-
Obviously if you get popped, you get your friendly pharmacists a fat wad of cash to say "oops, sorry" or you taint your own batch or throw the manufacturer some cash to taint a couple of tins or whatever. The WADA code basically says that you have to ensure you're free from dodgy shit so the "contaminated supplement" excuse doesn't gel with me at all.
If you can't afford to get tested supps, you can't afford to take supps.
In all of these cases there seems to be no follow up on the companies or the pharmacies. A London marathon runner was killed after taking Jack 3d or something - this isn't just cheating in races it can kill people. Where's all the prosecutions?
hippy
Exactly. "I can't afford to get my supplements tested" is no fucking excuse for taking them. They're supposed to be a supplement for something you're lacking through diet so if you don't even know what's in them, how the fuck can you be sure they're doing their job as a supplement? You can't, it's horseshit and the book should be thrown at "tainted supplement" athletes the same as dopers.