Mark Block is in Monaco As We Speak - $50 For 1st Person To Take Picture of Him in Monaco!!

wat a disgraceful piece of trash .. how much extra for a photo of him on the infield with pharmaleta jeter

He clearly thinks he's untouchable. Hubris of epic proportion.

Actually, many of us do care. Why hasn't USATF done anything about this or is USADA so impotent?

Formica Table wrote:

No one cares about 'your story' but you.

As I understand it he is under no order not to attend track meets. He can go to as many DL meets as he wants.

Anyhow, one thing this case has taught me is that WADA has very, very little jurisdiction over athlete support personnel. They basically can refuse to issue them a credential. If Mark Block, Trevor Graham, Remi Korchmmy, or any other banned person wants to continue to work with athletes they are free to do so, they just can't be registered.

I can't find anywhere under the WADA code that they can sanction an athlete for working with a banned coach or support person. Maybe I am overlooking it.

Urine idiot wrote:

Actually, many of us do care. Why hasn't USATF done anything about this or is USADA so impotent?

What do you want them to do?

I don't know what the drug companies can do, but Nike can pull their sponsorship if they're shown evidence of their athletes working with prohibited coaches.

HAHAHAHHAAHA

Mr. Obvious wrote:

Urine idiot wrote:

Actually, many of us do care. Why hasn't USATF done anything about this or is USADA so impotent?

What do you want them to do?

They could hold the athlete accountable for working with known dopers.

what an idiot. he must be there to pump jason richardson full of drugs?

So anxious to read your story ROJO. races sometimes pay for the travel and accommodations for a high level athlete and his her coach or agent. Is that how Block is getting around the world? That would be a big violation of his ban.

ROJO & WEJO, I commend you on bringing this issue to light and fighting this battle. You are doing a great service for the fans of the sport and the clean athletes. Races and Sponsors need to do their due diligence when signing athletes to contracts.

just for starters wrote:

Mr. Obvious wrote:

What do you want them to do?

They could hold the athlete accountable for working with known dopers.

There are currently no provisions to do so, although the 2015 proposed revisions to the WADA code may allow such sanctions. See the bottom of page 10.

You guys/women amaze me. You are all ticked off about Mark Block, drugs in the sport, cheating. The IAAF is located in Monaco. Did you even notice?

Doesn’t that tell you something about the sport?

It is evident that this IAAF ban has done nothing but taken his mug off of the Total Sports track and field website (he is still on their other sports sites).

He may have moved to Miami and dabble in real estate with his wife, but he is fully entrenched in the firm's track business.

If you read the Mark Block decision it says he cannot be at any training facilities, programs, or other activities (violated by showing up at the trials). He can't receive any renumeration for anything track related during this time (I doubt that he is paying for his own bills and tickets). Too bad no one at the USATF or USOC has the balls to ask a few questions.

What is says specifically is that he can't have access to any of the training facilities of the USOC Training Centers or other programs of the USOC including but not limited to grants, awards, or employment pursuant to the USOC policies.

(He is of course also ineligible to be an athlete representative for 10 years).

I am not sure the ban on access to training centers applies to attending track meets. I believe that refers to things like the USOC training center at Colorado Springs. The USOC, as far as I know, does not own, certify, or sanction anything that happens at Hayward Field or Monaco. If you know more about the USOC policies that specifically address his attendance at the trials, then I would like to see that policy. I just don't think attendance is covered by his ban. Maybe it should be, but best I can tell it is not.

If he was issued a credential, as was alleged in Eugene, I think you could make a case that he was violating his ban. I'm sure there are policies regarding who can be issued a credential and coaches, managers, athletes, and officials may be the limit. I wouldn't know without some research.

In this case, though, the question must be asked what can be done about it. If he is violating his ban (and there is actual evidence on this, not just allegation) then the ban can be extended. That is it, though. The athletes can continue to associate with him all they want.

this would be like the yankees hiring Brian McNamee to work with their players and shit .. there would be outrage and everyone would think it's disgraceful ..... and rightfully so

David Rudisha wrote:

Seriously this is really messed up... He is at a track meet at the world HQ of IAAF, which suspended him, WTF. If this keeps going on see if there is a correlation of Mark Block being at meet that Jeter and Richardson are at.

Just for the record, I am not really arguing about people upset that Block is there. I am just pointing out the rules.

There is nothing in his ban that prevents him from attending track meets that I can tell.

If he is acting as an agent, coach, representative, doper, etc. then there has to be something more than showing up at track meets behind that. Actual facts would be needed.

If he is coaching, representing athletes in defiance of his ban, well they can extend his ban. What if he keeps doing it then? What will they do at that point?

Mark Block has about as much remorse a mafia hitman after a hit. My opinion: IAAF "banned" him. And by "banned" I mean making it look like they actually did something about drugs in the sports, like they really honestly give a crap. Guess what? The IAAF elites secretly don't care. You think Mark Block doesn't have high up connections? You think Mark Block knew he was still going to be allowed at events while his ban was being put together? Of course he did, and thats why hes happily parading around at these events like a 9-year-old at Bush Gardens. His "ban" is a sham, ITS FAKE. HE'S FOLLOWING HIS ATHLETES TO THESE MEETS. What meet do you think he's traveling to next? Thats right, you guessed it: THE OLYMPIC GAMES. I'll bet my house it on it folks. Any of you guys going should be tracking him down snatching pictures left and right because he's going to be there watching Carmelita, you can count on it.

this gets the YAWN post of the week.... Total non-story. A bad guy shows up to watch a track meet. So? Bad guys are in the stands at every major sporting event. BFD.

Maurice....GREENE? Is that you, buddy? I would expect a post like that from you.

Cute witch-hunt rojo