I Have found a Solution to Combat Doping

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1 year ago 01/08/2023 1:54pm EST

Let's take the men's Marathon as an example. Every runner in the world who is currently active competing and has performed under 2:18 should for the love of the sport allow WADA to drug test and monitor them for 6 or 12 months, each single day. Whoever don't support this ultimate war on doping is a doper and permanently banned. Because if they are really clean they should happily do it since the dopers will be out and they'll win big cash prizes soon on big road running events.

This will be quite an investment but it will be worth it. By the end of 6 months We will get an emerging picture on what's the actual world class standard in distance running, how many athletes can actually run sub 2:10 etc etc. They should conduct this approach after every 4 years before the Olympic year, until they've found a better technology :D :D

1 year ago 01/08/2023 1:56pm EST

re: Internetsherlock

What is "combat doping" and why do we need to solve it?

1 year ago 01/08/2023 1:59pm EST

re: combat doping?

I have no problem with Combat doping. They are risking their lives for you.

1 year ago 01/08/2023 2:06pm EST

re: Internetsherlock

Where do we get money to implement this sort of police state monitoring from? The only races and relays that have a surplus have 100,000 entries per marathon or 100,000 entries per relays. Zero HS, JC, NCAA, WA, DL meets have a surplus.

1 year ago 01/08/2023 2:15pm EST

re: Internetsherlock

The way to combat doping is to make the reward not worth the risk. Lifetime ban on first failure including all history erased and a fine equal to 100% of your professional athletic earnings going back to your first $1 that is implemented like student loans so it can not be discharged with bankruptcy is the solution.

You make a single instance of doping ruin your life and it will stop.

1 year ago 01/08/2023 2:32pm EST

re: Internetsherlock

So who is going to pay for this daily testing? You? Where are anti doping agencies going to get the money? I do think testing should be more frequent and track big wigs lower paid to allow for such, but there is a reason anti doping is so miniscule and easy to circumvent (for those going into the grey area or just over) - there is not a lot of money in it. These 218 guys are too slow to be tested. 212 guys are too slow to be tested. This kind of time wins at best a few thousand dollars at a road race - and a race that offers that little isn't going to put much money into drug testing. No country is going to test their 25th best athlete in an event more than a few times a year either.

1 year ago 01/08/2023 4:30pm EST

re: Kvothe

Kvothe wrote:
So who is going to pay for this daily testing? You? Where are anti doping agencies going to get the money? I do think testing should be more frequent and track big wigs lower paid to allow for such, but there is a reason anti doping is so miniscule and easy to circumvent (for those going into the grey area or just over) - there is not a lot of money in it. These 218 guys are too slow to be tested. 212 guys are too slow to be tested. This kind of time wins at best a few thousand dollars at a road race - and a race that offers that little isn't going to put much money into drug testing. No country is going to test their 25th best athlete in an event more than a few times a year either.

Just test the fastest 10 guys. See how many fail to be competitive the following year. It would still be absurdly expensive and for all we know most people are using stuff with very short half lives ..

1 year ago 01/08/2023 4:31pm EST

re: Internetsherlock

Internetsherlock wrote:
Let's take the men's Marathon as an example. Every runner in the world who is currently active competing and has performed under 2:18 should for the love of the sport allow WADA to drug test and monitor them for 6 or 12 months, each single day. Whoever don't support this ultimate war on doping is a doper and permanently banned. Because if they are really clean they should happily do it since the dopers will be out and they'll win big cash prizes soon on big road running events.
This will be quite an investment but it will be worth it. By the end of 6 months We will get an emerging picture on what's the actual world class standard in distance running, how many athletes can actually run sub 2:10 etc etc. They should conduct this approach after every 4 years before the Olympic year, until they've found a better technology :D :D

Let's say we take 5000 runners *180 days * 300$/test = 270 mln $

Wada budget is about 50 mln $

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