rojo wrote:
Yeah Nike's money really stopped the feds from bustin Marion Jones, Justin Gatlin, etc. In this country, we actually have out of competition testing and a drug czar who WANTS to bust people. In Russia, they wanted to cover it up. In Kenya (and maybe Ethiopia), we learn there really has been zero testing of consequence.
C'mon Rojo think a little. BALCO only happened because there were Federal crimes with real penalties and a dead simple case on Conte to try and win.
Please recall Marion Jones was "never tested positive" and would have remained so if only she hadn't started some crazy/stupid check kiting scheme that forced her to admit to doping as a part of a Federal plea deal. Her excuses were legendary.
You also forgot to mention her confession amounted to only doped that one time with Conte/BALCO. True story!
The U.S. federations and international federations are just as corrupt as anything happening in Russia. Ok, maybe not passing samples through a hole in the wall, one at a time. But, pretty close.
It is only when law enforcement swoops in and the scale of the corruption at the federation becomes clear. How in the world are Aden's athletes not tripping bio-passport triggers? They have to be. The IAAF is not sanctioning.