USA COULD FACE OLYMPIC BAN!

DanM wrote:

"The U.S. is the largest single contributor to WADA, paying over $2.7 million into the 2020 budget of $37.4 million, half of which comes from the IOC. "

Funding should be reduced to $1.6 Million to be commensurate with U.S. share of the global population.

According to WADA, when you factor in additional government financial contributions, Canada actually contributed more to WADA than the US in both 2018 and 2019.

WADA did not and does not determine and does not have any control over the contributions of the governments:

- In a 2001 meeting (the Cape Town Declaration), participants from 33 countries, agreed on a split that included "The Americas" region contributing 29% of all government contributions. Rather than just considering the portion of the respective populations, this factored in the ability to pay, and the participation in Olympic sports.

- In a 2008 meeting, the USA committed to pay 50% of the dues for "The Americas" region.

These are commitments from the USA, not to WADA, but to all of the governments in their region, and commitments of that region to all the remaining governments in the world.

While the current WADA rules would not allow banning the USA, following a lapse in dues, any representatives would be removed from the board, the executive committee, and any ad hoc or standing committees.

Canada should pay $200,000 USD.

DanM wrote:

Canada should pay $200,000 USD.

The point remains that this is a long standing agreement by the governments of the world, uninfluenced, and un-influenceable by WADA.

Basing the amounts on general population wasn't considered reasonable or fair.

If the US wants to renegotiate the agreements they made with other countries, they should take that up with the other countries, and not involve WADA.

If they want to renege on their obligations to the "Americas" region, it's unsurprising that other countries are raising concerns.

Why should any government money from any country be going to WADA? NBC pays about $1 billion per Olympics to the IOC, I think we can fund WADA from that.

Not news. Both sides are bluffing. Just talk.

Sir, you are shouting.

Please turn off caps lock.

Looks like USA is acting unilaterally again or just chest thumping. If they want WADA reforms they should work with other countries. You can't reform WADA with threats.

The other big issue here is how small the WADA budget is.