Interesting article: "Morocco - A paradise for sports cheats?"
A couple of things from the article that are shocking:
-A multiple-convicted doper is working as a youth coach.
-Athletes as young as 18 are getting doping.
-Foreigners might be entering the country to dope.
-National Anti-Doping Agency in Morocco still exists only on paper.
What a sad state of affairs.
They should have been kicked out 30 years ago.
Aouita started the rot.
The problem with isolating one particular country is the implicit assumption that those not isolated are more-or-less acting in good faith and clean. We, the fans, have little substantive detail of doping but ample circumstantial evidence thereof, and that will have to do for us, because we are not adjudicating a criminal matter before a court for serious, life-altering charges. These are games.
The circumstantial evidence says the sport is dirty from head to toe, in both hemispheres and every last desolate crevice of the world. It doesn't matter if you're British, American, Kenyan, Russian, Norwegian, or Moroccan; the way things have played out over track history and current events points to the conclusion that everybody is dirty, unless proven clean.
This is not my opinion - I have none on this matter, having resigned myself to knowing nothing (anticipate this portion of post being highlighted in reply, thinking it to be clever). But it is a natural conclusion about the state of affairs in sports doping (not just track and field).
This anti-doping business is not serious. Either get serious about it - track the athletes, do what you have to - or give up and don't waste resources on faux-doping controls and athletics institutions with people like Coe at their helm. This should be a black-or-white matter. We are at the absolute zenith of technological and surveillance prowess. If someone wanted to, he should be able to find out who is doping or not. Quit the politics. Get down to business.