When I posted a thread with links where fans could write and express the same sentiments as Wesley Korir expressed via twitter and in interview; the "brojo's" deleted the thread and denied fans here of an easy way to express their opinions about any federation, or ministry of sport where doping is thought to be an issue.
Then, they told me via email, that your opinions don't matter.
Well, OBVIOUSLY Wesley Korir thinks the public's opinions matter or the champ would not be twitting and speaking out in interviews.
When I first found this site, the Brojo's didn't think that it was possible that Kenyan's were doping, cos like, one of them had visited Kenya. --I kid you not, that was their posted opinion.
A few years pass, and more posters on the board start wondering about whether Kenya has drug testing, out of season drug testing etc.
Then that German news organization does the undercover work and finds EPO for sale by doctors in Kenya.
We all know what's flowed since then, multiple Kenyan doping positives.
The "Brojo's" have an echo chamber of excrement between their four ears.
5 years ago, it wasn't possible that Kenyan's had doped.
Now, the issue is large enough that it is QOTD.
Isn't that interesting.
I'm sure a lot of us wish the IOC could and would test samples as far back as possible.
On the other hand, just about every other pro sport in the world turns a blind eye for the off-season.
I.e., as much as I like Baseball, anyone who thinks those players aren't juicing in the off-season, is not paying attention.
Finally we have Kenya, in the lone voice of Wesley Korir speaking out Loudly.
Where is the Ethiopian Wesley Korir? When is that individual going to speak up?
--All we get is "Ethiopia is a poor country, we can't afford it." Ahem, well, tax your running millionaires and you can afford it.
The rule should be that if you can't afford to test your athletes out of competition, then you don't get to compete.
What we have now, is an un-level playing field.
If you really want doping out of this sport, the same rules have to apply to every country in the IAAF.
Maybe the solution is to have X amount of approve high altitude training sites in the world, and require all of them to have dope testing.
The upside would be, athletes from all over the world doing even more training and cultural exchange together.
Wesley Korir's a hero.