The reason Salazar is so worried about sabotage is that his boys are already set to maximum levels; just below the testing thresholds, or testing limits. That limit is somewhere between 4-6 squirts of naughty cream. There is no way a saboteur could apply that much with a quick shoulder rub. But, one extra squirt on top of Salazar's maximum would be enough for Salazar to cry: "sabotage". Salazar knows that just-one-more would be enough for him to get beaten at his own game.
Quacks like a Duck wrote:
Bad Wigins wrote:Here's a much better one: you can make transdermal creams out synthetic steroids that are detected directly without having to raise the T/E ratio. A man of Salazar's pharmaceutical wherewithal would surely know that and realize the futility of guarding against just one form of sabotage with a relatively low-risk substance. A competent saboteur would get Rupp with clenbuterol or something.
But the only real reason you need to doubt Salazar's story is it's wackier than alien abduction. And it smacks of the "unintentional use" fantasy that has been the mantra of busted dopers for decades.
The point that's not being heard about Salazars sabotage theory, is what is the scenario that he's actually ever need it and how? Someone wipes goo on him so how do his experiments help him? When Rupp tests positive does he claim that someone wiped testosterone goo on Rupp? Does he tell WADA that we know it was sabotage because NOP had been running goo tests? Don't you think that WADA would think the goo tests were highly suspicious? Don't you think that WADA would think that Alberto would have to prove that Rupp's positive was from nefarious goo and not the same goo that Alberto was admitting that he was using on ILLEGAL tests on his sons?
Alberto's Androgel sabotage explanation makes no sense at all. WADA wouldn't fall for it.