LetsRun anti-doping challenge #1 - What can the sport do to clean itself up?

Among many other ideas I've posted. The sport is not cleaner by sanctioning innocent athletes too poor to mount a proper defense.

Testing is necessary, but not an efficient way to catch dopers, and more money should be diverted to investigations catching the suppliers.

That is a disingenuous argument, since you are not convinced doping aids performance. You consistently maintain that athletes and coaches only "believe" it does - so in your book it may not. You are less concerned with stopping the practice than persuading athletes to give it up, because you believe it is a fiction that it actually helps them - especially if they are Kenyan distance runners who take EPO. Hence your real objection to doping control is that it punishes athletes for something doping doesn't do - which is make them better athletes. It is the doping version of believing "the big lie".

This thread is about ideas to "clean up" the sport, not performance. Stay on topic.

I will not pollute this thread by discussing with you. Come up with your own ideas.

I do believe you ought to consider banning persistent doping apologists. It's a good thing that the Brojos are pro free speech (although some of the mods clearly aren't), but individuals who 'argue' that peds do not work, and that there is no doping problem in Kenya, while repeatedly siderailing thread after thread with his long winded obfuscations, are not helping the anti-doping cause. Look what he's doing to this thread.

I’m gonna play the contrarian and say let everyone dope at their own risk. Sport in the 21st century will ALWAYS be dirty.

MANDAORY Test BEFORE any meaningful, major competition (just before - day of / day before - on site - yes, results can be processed immediately).

Charge the cost TO THE ATHLETE (if you want to be eligible to win money, then you need to pay to be eligible).

wejo, I do believe you ought to consider banning persistent racist, rape apologists.

There is nothing to "clean up" if doping doesn't enhance performance - which you have persistently argued. But failing to see that doesn't deter you from "polluting threads", as you so insightfully admit.

Two of my ideas is to educate athletes and educate the fans. That would clean up the sport and the reputation.

we need to tap into the other end of doping by seeking out pharmacists, chemists, and other scientists who are hired to be one step head on potentially new performance enhancing drugs. They would be tasked with seeking out potential drugs that are in the works and developing tests to detect them.

Another idea would be for undercover AIU staff to conduct regular sting operations on suspected dopers.

Probably not practical but, eliminate prize money, amateurish the sport (pre 1980). Eliminate the incentive to cheat.

Exactly. It’s like law enforcement going after fentanyl addicts without even bothering to look for the dealers.

What do athletes need "educating" in - that EPO doesn't work? What do fans need "educating" in - that doping isn't really a problem because Kenyan distance runners don't benefit from it?

Already answered.

Yes. My response made it clear.