I’d bet Drew Hunter is one of the first to take him up, not sure why but just seems like it. Maybe it’s because it’s easy to say others are doping when you aren’t performing at their level
Sam Parsons was quick to jump on it. As if he'd ever be confused with someone quick enough to be doping..
as other in this thread have said, they can easily be abusing grey area substances without having TUEs. so if the OAC are on thyroid medication, it wouldn’t matter if they posted their TUEs or missed tests.
Better suggestion than what Craig is doing… why not just make all of the TUEs and whereabouts violations publicly accessible? If there’s nothing to hide then it should all be available!
The upvote/downvote ratio of your post and the OP clearly show to me that hardcore track fans know how flawed this TUE system has been over the years.
Kudos to Craig, hopefully this will lead others to follow in his footsteps.
C’mon guys! Stop picking on elite runners. Do you have any idea how hard it is to be a pro runner when battling low hematocrit, asthma, a thyroid condition, ADHD, an eating disorder, bipolar depression, poor iron, amnesia, and shin splints at the same time? It’s a lot harder than trying to win a Turkey Trot while holding a job and raising a family.
This. Yes, of course some TUEs are misused but there are people who need them to both run (asthma) and go about every day life.
Better suggestion than what Craig is doing… why not just make all of the TUEs and whereabouts violations publicly accessible? If there’s nothing to hide then it should all be available!
Certainly whereabouts failures should be public. I wouldn't want to create a system whereby the public disclosure of medication causes some people to refrain from taking certain drugs and therefore not get the help they need -- for example mental health drugs. I don't know what kind of drugs require TUEs though. Do certain kinds of mental health drugs require TUEs?
I think he went down the road less traveled in a way that makes almost anyone think the transfer of knowledge may have an affect on future situations with a variable and similar case when concluding previous years proved erroneous based on reactions from bystanders. Not to mention the extended use of hyperbole when questioned in interviews, alluding to insincere connotations and colorations of character when describing the correct demeanor required for such a position to be in question.
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Craig posted his USADA home page on Instagram to show he doesn’t have any TUEs or whereabouts failures and wants others to do the same.
haven’t seen anybody take him up on it yet. any guesses on who definitely won’t take the challenge?
Seems unfair for those who have a real need for a TUE. My understanding is that they are for people who have a real medical condition like asthma. I get it that athletes are probably abusing this. However, I know people who suffer from asthma. These people are already running on a lower percentage of lung capacity than most athletes. Who gets to incriminate these people because they have a TUE. How does one tell who is cheating? Even with the TUE it will be unlikely they will reach 100% lung capacity compared to the normal athlete. So imagine what it might be like to compete with 80% lung capacity and then tell me they need to post their "TUE" status.
I’d bet Drew Hunter is one of the first to take him up, not sure why but just seems like it. Maybe it’s because it’s easy to say others are doping when you aren’t performing at their level
Sam Parsons was quick to jump on it. As if he'd ever be confused with someone quick enough to be doping..
Three years ago, he went there with someone who quickly jumped enough to be asked about it.
So a clean sport is not the goal then? It’s ok to be dirty as long as they’re “playing by the rules”?
I thought that "playing by the rules" defines the sport, full stop.
You obviously disagree. I take it you would say there's another set of rules that allow us to tell who is clean and who is dirty. I also take it that some of these rules are more restrictive than the official, written rules.
Honest question: Where can I go to find these extra rules?
I think he went down the road less traveled in a way that makes almost anyone think the transfer of knowledge may have an affect on future situations with a variable and similar case when concluding previous years proved erroneous based on reactions from bystanders. Not to mention the extended use of hyperbole when questioned in interviews, alluding to insincere connotations and colorations of character when describing the correct demeanor required for such a position to be in question.
It took a Floyd Landis to blow the whole Lance Armstrong doping story open. Craig’s at the point of his career that he’s going to be leaving the pro scene soon and probably seeing the landscape of the sport from a different perspective.
I don’t want to speak for Craig. But I know pro American runners see him as not just some guy. If he speaks it does hold weight. But the balance of imploding the sport is something that probably weighs on a lot of pros.
It does take one voice to clearly speak out on what’s going on to see changes. But I’ve always believed that once the allegations start coming from within it opens up all sorts of negative press that I’m not sure the sport can recover from.
I hope pros saw his message and/or this thread as an assurance that it’s ok to be vocal about actual clean sport.
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