c7runner7 wrote:
ukathleticscoach wrote:
Tampering with the whereabouts is cheating. If you are missing 3/10 tests in one year probability dictates that 30% of the time you are not where you say you should be.
Why would anyone clean do that.
1. Are you a teacher? People (including college students) just simply don’t do their work. Now imagine those same people being forced to update where they are every single time they aren’t at their house in their hour window.
2. Masks are required at every public place where I live. I can’t tell you how many stinking’ times I’ve forgotten my mask and had to walk back to the car. I KNOW I need my mask. Heck, I want to wear my mask (for safety and to be polite) but I still forget. I had a 4.0 all through high school and college-so I’m not even stupid-I just forget this important aspect of life every now and then. I have to wear the mask every single day and I still forget- how is that possible?? If I can’t remember to wear a mask, I can entertain the possibility someone who gets drug tested once in a 35 day period could forget to update their whereabouts.
Given my experiences with people, I think it’s very logical to conclude the combination of laziness and forgetfulness leads to whereabouts failures. They do not surprise me AT ALL. In fact, I’m surprised more people don’t have whereabouts failures. I’m not saying the athletes shouldn’t be held accountable, but unless you live under a rock or in some crazy utopia, it’s very simple to see how whereabouts failures happen. Just look at the world...when COVID is over, just spend a day watching people at the mall- while also thinking about the stupid, forgetful things you do- then it will all make sense.
One last point- for people actually doping- drug testing is likely to be more on their mind. So they would be less likely to “forget” to update their whereabouts. They could ‘dodge’ two tests, but why dodge the third. It doesn't make sense? Just take the test. The smart dopers are using methodically that’s unlikely to produce a positive test anyway. But either way, with a third whereabouts failures you have 100% chance of breaking the rules and facing sanctions. So any cheater would just take the test. Then they at least have a chance. People that aren’t doping aren’t going to be thinking about drug tests as much- so it’s easier to forget. They would then miss the third test inadvertently. Missing a third test inadvertently is really the only remotely rationale reason to miss a third test. So in a way, you could make a compelling argument that missing 3 whereabouts is actually evidence that you are clean.