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Nobody posted part of this article but here is what one insider that
struggled with the realities for a decade came to conclude: http://www.playthegame.org/knowledge...stage-891.html 27. The solutions: Creation of the World Anti-Doping Agency The success of the Agency will depend on the quality of contributions from national Governments, which will have to: a) carry out a preliminary analysis of the IOC's activity in scientific, legal, technical-sporting and ethical-educational terms, to gain an idea of its merits but also of its responsibilities, potential, inability, sincerity of intents and ambiguity; b) study the spread of doping in a rational manner, both the existing situation and possible developments in the near future; c) appoint their own representatives to the Agency on the basis of competence, honesty and independence from the IOC and from leading international sports institutions; d) act to ensure that the strategies drawn up are quickly implemented. 28. The solutions: The search to improve anti-doping analysis methods One of the tasks to be performed by the new Agency will be that of commencing Studies and Research on new anti-doping analysis methods that can detect in athletes' urine the new pharmacological agents used and, more generally, that can extend analysis methods beyond urine to other biological indicators. This is a task in which the IOC Medical Commission has failed, and we do not see how it can now help to tackle the problem. This task will thus be shouldered mainly by Governments. A detailed research programme must thus be drawn up and rolled out: a) in conjunction with Universities and Research Institutes; b) in conjunction with IOC Anti-doping Laboratories, which must organise specific sectors really dedicated to Research in their own area of competence; c) in conjunction with pharmaceutical companies, which can provide necessary information on the pharmaco-kinetic action of new products and on their chemical properties. At this point in time, the most effective actions to be taken appear to be the following: 1) the intensification of random anti-doping tests; 2) the development of analytical methods capable of identifying molecules that are modified so as to render them unrecognisable in anti-doping tests; 3) the use of biological indicators other than urine (e.g. blood, saliva and hair) to uncover drug-taking methods: 4) the perfecting of new techniques, e.g. IRMS (isotopic ratio mass spectrometry) to determine whether a given substance (e.g. testosterone or nandrolone) is of endogenous or exogenous origin; 5) the development of indirect methods based on a longitudinal examination of biochemical and clinical parameters. 29. The solutions: Campaigns to safeguard sportmen's health The purpose of anti-doping tests is to demonstrate the presence in urine of a forbidden substance or of a relative metabolite as proof of the taking of doping drugs. Many substances are not however detectable at the present time, so the use of doping substances has increased dramatically in all parts of the world. These substances, as already mentioned, include: the erythropoietic hormone (Epo), the growth hormone (Gh), the insulin growth factor (Igf). Starting from the assumption that these substances, administered to healthy persons in the absence of a pathology, are harmful to one's health and cause evident physiological alterations, it is possible and indeed dutiful to safeguard the health of sportsmen and women through the monitoring of haematic-chemical parameters measured in the blood or urine. The International Cycling Union (UCI), the International Skiing Federation (FIS), the International Biathlon Union (IBU), Italy's National Olympic Committee (CONI) and the French Sports Ministry have already begun blood test campaigns to detect indirect signs of the taking of erythropoietin. These programmes have proved to be very effective, making it possible to reduce the use of Epo in endurance specialities. CONI has even established that Italian sportsmen wishing to take part in the Sidney Olympics must undergo blood tests, otherwise they will be excluded from the list of potential participants at the Olympic Games. In Italy, studies are now being conducted for special blood test campaigns against the use of Gh and other hormones, in collaboration with study groups from other countries. 30. The solutions: Agreements with international pharmaceutical companies The IOC has been unable (or perhaps unwilling) to dialogue with Pharmaceutical Companies and seek forms of collaboration to find solutions to the doping problem, especially for those drugs that cannot be detected during tests. The new Agency will have to work in this direction, and it will have the authority to do so. Pharmaceutical companies must be asked to: a) produce drugs in relation to the actual needs of the ill; b) report to competent authorities (WHO and the Governments of different countries) any anomalies and suspicions regarding the increase in demand and consumption; c) forgo with a great sense of responsibility a portion of their revenues, receiving as a reward the knowledge that they are helping to safeguard the health of a large number of youngsters. The World Anti-doping Agency should steer the actions of single countries in identifying legislative or regulatory instruments that might allow a definition of the nature of substances similar to those included in the IOC lists of doping substances during the registration phase for new drugs. 31. The solutions: Approval of specific criminal laws The Agency could pursue another primary objective: that of examining the legislative situation in different countries to assess the possibility of: a) making additions to existing laws on narcotics or on drugs in general; b) proposing specific texts on drugs and doping procedures for those cases in which this is deemed necessary. For the comparative analysis of different legislative situations, suitable instruments should be prepared, where they are not already present in single systems, to foster the prevention of specific crimes relating to the international trafficking of doping substances. 32. The solutions: International cooperation among magistrates The present report has repeatedly referred to the international dimension of the doping phenomenon. The seizure of doping drugs and several investigations in France, Italy and Belgium show without a shadow of a doubt that the trafficking of these substances transcends national borders. We have also mentioned the continuing spread of sales via the Internet, giving rise to orders and deliveries that escape all controls. It should be added that the life of sportsmen and women is one of constant travelling, especially for those in the top flight. Sportsmen are often accompanied on their trips by coaches, masseurs or physiotherapists, physicians and federal officials. In this nomadic existence, doping "runners" are hired from the circles of organised crime. An Italian professional cyclist, was for example recently arrested in France for the trafficking of huge amounts of Igfl from Mexico to Europe. And a Moroccan top athlete was recently arrested in Italy after becoming involved in the international trafficking of enormous quantities of doping substances. 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On Aug 4, 9:18*pm, Anton Berlin wrote:
Nobody posted part of this article but here is what one insider that struggled with the realities for a decade came to conclude: http://www.playthegame.org/knowledge...-doping-the-fr... 27. The solutions: Creation of the World Anti-Doping Agency The success of the Agency will depend on the quality of contributions from national Governments, which will have to: a) carry out a preliminary analysis of the IOC's activity in scientific, legal, technical-sporting and ethical-educational terms, to gain an idea of its merits but also of its responsibilities, potential, inability, sincerity of intents and ambiguity; b) study the spread of doping in a rational manner, both the existing situation and possible developments in the near future; c) appoint their own representatives to the Agency on the basis of competence, honesty and independence from the IOC and from leading international sports institutions; d) act to ensure that the strategies drawn up are quickly implemented. 28. The solutions: The search to improve anti-doping analysis methods One of the tasks to be performed by the new Agency will be that of commencing Studies and Research on new anti-doping analysis methods that can detect in athletes' urine the new pharmacological agents used and, more generally, that can extend analysis methods beyond urine to other biological indicators. This is a task in which the IOC Medical Commission has failed, and we do not see how it can now help to tackle the problem. This task will thus be shouldered mainly by Governments. A detailed research programme must thus be drawn up and rolled out: a) in conjunction with Universities and Research Institutes; b) in conjunction with IOC Anti-doping Laboratories, which must organise specific sectors really dedicated to Research in their own area of competence; c) in conjunction with pharmaceutical companies, which can provide necessary information on the pharmaco-kinetic action of new products and on their chemical properties. At this point in time, the most effective actions to be taken appear to be the following: 1) the intensification of random anti-doping tests; 2) the development of analytical methods capable of identifying molecules that are modified so as to render them unrecognisable in anti-doping tests; 3) the use of biological indicators other than urine (e.g. blood, saliva and hair) to uncover drug-taking methods: 4) the perfecting of new techniques, e.g. IRMS (isotopic ratio mass spectrometry) to determine whether a given substance (e.g. testosterone or nandrolone) is of endogenous or exogenous origin; 5) the development of indirect methods based on a longitudinal examination of biochemical and clinical parameters. 29. The solutions: Campaigns to safeguard sportmen's health The purpose of anti-doping tests is to demonstrate the presence in urine of a forbidden substance or of a relative metabolite as proof of the taking of doping drugs. Many substances are not however detectable at the present time, so the use of doping substances has increased dramatically in all parts of the world. These substances, as already mentioned, include: the erythropoietic hormone (Epo), the growth hormone (Gh), the insulin growth factor (Igf). Starting from the assumption that these substances, administered to healthy persons in the absence of a pathology, are harmful to one's health and cause evident physiological alterations, it is possible and indeed dutiful to safeguard the health of sportsmen and women through the monitoring of haematic-chemical parameters measured in the blood or urine. The International Cycling Union (UCI), the International Skiing Federation (FIS), the International Biathlon Union (IBU), Italy's National Olympic Committee (CONI) and the French Sports Ministry have already begun blood test campaigns to detect indirect signs of the taking of erythropoietin. These programmes have proved to be very effective, making it possible to reduce the use of Epo in endurance specialities. CONI has even established that Italian sportsmen wishing to take part in the Sidney Olympics must undergo blood tests, otherwise they will be excluded from the list of potential participants at the Olympic Games. In Italy, studies are now being conducted for special blood test campaigns against the use of Gh and other hormones, in collaboration with study groups from other countries. 30. The solutions: Agreements with international pharmaceutical companies The IOC has been unable (or perhaps unwilling) to dialogue with Pharmaceutical Companies and seek forms of collaboration to find solutions to the doping problem, especially for those drugs that cannot be detected during tests. The new Agency will have to work in this direction, and it will have the authority to do so. Pharmaceutical companies must be asked to: a) produce drugs in relation to the actual needs of the ill; b) report to competent authorities (WHO and the Governments of different countries) any anomalies and suspicions regarding the increase in demand and consumption; c) forgo with a great sense of responsibility a portion of their revenues, receiving as a reward the knowledge that they are helping to safeguard the health of a large number of youngsters. The World Anti-doping Agency should steer the actions of single countries in identifying legislative or regulatory instruments that might allow a definition of the nature of substances similar to those included in the IOC lists of doping substances during the registration phase for new drugs. 31. The solutions: Approval of specific criminal laws The Agency could pursue another primary objective: that of examining the legislative situation in different countries to assess the possibility of: a) making additions to existing laws on narcotics or on drugs in general; b) proposing specific texts on drugs and doping procedures for those cases in which this is deemed necessary. For the comparative analysis of different legislative situations, suitable instruments should be prepared, where they are not already present in single systems, to foster the prevention of specific crimes relating to the international trafficking of doping substances. 32. The solutions: International cooperation among magistrates The present report has repeatedly referred to the international dimension of the doping phenomenon. The seizure of doping drugs and several investigations in France, Italy and Belgium show without a shadow of a doubt that the trafficking of these substances transcends national borders. We have also mentioned the continuing spread of sales via the Internet, giving rise to orders and deliveries that escape all controls. It should be added that the life of sportsmen and women is one of constant travelling, especially for those in the top flight. Sportsmen are often accompanied on their trips by coaches, masseurs or physiotherapists, physicians and federal officials. In this nomadic existence, doping "runners" are hired from the circles of organised crime. An Italian professional cyclist, was for example recently arrested in France for the trafficking of huge amounts of Igfl from Mexico to Europe. And a Moroccan top athlete was recently arrested in Italy after becoming involved in the international trafficking of enormous quantities of doping substances. We could go on for a long time with other examples. Or, we could test for what we find on the day-- meaning, someone doesn't all of a sudden come up positive in August for a sample submitted in June, meanwhile having inconveniently won a Tour de France stage-- and go on with life. Sample *labels* having a very short shelf life would be a big, big step here. Cheaper, less stupid mess. Hank Aaron, who has a dog in the hunt, had something to say recently IRT "doping". IMHO an intelligent, well-considered response: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090805/ap_on_sp_ba_ne/bbo_hank_aaron_7 Forgiveness even for the cardinal (ho ho) sin of betting on your own team, many years removed. Imagine... --D-y |
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, --D-y wrote: On Aug 4, 9:18Â*pm, Anton Berlin wrote: Nobody posted part of this article but here is what one insider that struggled with the realities for a decade came to conclude: http://www.playthegame.org/knowledge...-doping-the-fr... 27. The solutions: Creation of the World Anti-Doping Agency The success of the Agency will depend on the quality of contributions from national Governments, which will have to: a) carry out a preliminary analysis of the IOC's activity in scientific, legal, technical-sporting and ethical-educational terms, to gain an idea of its merits but also of its responsibilities, potential, inability, sincerity of intents and ambiguity; b) study the spread of doping in a rational manner, both the existing situation and possible developments in the near future; c) appoint their own representatives to the Agency on the basis of competence, honesty and independence from the IOC and from leading international sports institutions; d) act to ensure that the strategies drawn up are quickly implemented. 28. The solutions: The search to improve anti-doping analysis methods One of the tasks to be performed by the new Agency will be that of commencing Studies and Research on new anti-doping analysis methods that can detect in athletes' urine the new pharmacological agents used and, more generally, that can extend analysis methods beyond urine to other biological indicators. This is a task in which the IOC Medical Commission has failed, and we do not see how it can now help to tackle the problem. This task will thus be shouldered mainly by Governments. A detailed research programme must thus be drawn up and rolled out: a) in conjunction with Universities and Research Institutes; b) in conjunction with IOC Anti-doping Laboratories, which must organise specific sectors really dedicated to Research in their own area of competence; c) in conjunction with pharmaceutical companies, which can provide necessary information on the pharmaco-kinetic action of new products and on their chemical properties. At this point in time, the most effective actions to be taken appear to be the following: 1) the intensification of random anti-doping tests; 2) the development of analytical methods capable of identifying molecules that are modified so as to render them unrecognisable in anti-doping tests; 3) the use of biological indicators other than urine (e.g. blood, saliva and hair) to uncover drug-taking methods: 4) the perfecting of new techniques, e.g. IRMS (isotopic ratio mass spectrometry) to determine whether a given substance (e.g. testosterone or nandrolone) is of endogenous or exogenous origin; 5) the development of indirect methods based on a longitudinal examination of biochemical and clinical parameters. 29. The solutions: Campaigns to safeguard sportmen's health The purpose of anti-doping tests is to demonstrate the presence in urine of a forbidden substance or of a relative metabolite as proof of the taking of doping drugs. Many substances are not however detectable at the present time, so the use of doping substances has increased dramatically in all parts of the world. These substances, as already mentioned, include: the erythropoietic hormone (Epo), the growth hormone (Gh), the insulin growth factor (Igf). Starting from the assumption that these substances, administered to healthy persons in the absence of a pathology, are harmful to one's health and cause evident physiological alterations, it is possible and indeed dutiful to safeguard the health of sportsmen and women through the monitoring of haematic-chemical parameters measured in the blood or urine. The International Cycling Union (UCI), the International Skiing Federation (FIS), the International Biathlon Union (IBU), Italy's National Olympic Committee (CONI) and the French Sports Ministry have already begun blood test campaigns to detect indirect signs of the taking of erythropoietin. These programmes have proved to be very effective, making it possible to reduce the use of Epo in endurance specialities. CONI has even established that Italian sportsmen wishing to take part in the Sidney Olympics must undergo blood tests, otherwise they will be excluded from the list of potential participants at the Olympic Games. In Italy, studies are now being conducted for special blood test campaigns against the use of Gh and other hormones, in collaboration with study groups from other countries. 30. The solutions: Agreements with international pharmaceutical companies The IOC has been unable (or perhaps unwilling) to dialogue with Pharmaceutical Companies and seek forms of collaboration to find solutions to the doping problem, especially for those drugs that cannot be detected during tests. The new Agency will have to work in this direction, and it will have the authority to do so. Pharmaceutical companies must be asked to: a) produce drugs in relation to the actual needs of the ill; b) report to competent authorities (WHO and the Governments of different countries) any anomalies and suspicions regarding the increase in demand and consumption; c) forgo with a great sense of responsibility a portion of their revenues, receiving as a reward the knowledge that they are helping to safeguard the health of a large number of youngsters. The World Anti-doping Agency should steer the actions of single countries in identifying legislative or regulatory instruments that might allow a definition of the nature of substances similar to those included in the IOC lists of doping substances during the registration phase for new drugs. 31. The solutions: Approval of specific criminal laws The Agency could pursue another primary objective: that of examining the legislative situation in different countries to assess the possibility of: a) making additions to existing laws on narcotics or on drugs in general; b) proposing specific texts on drugs and doping procedures for those cases in which this is deemed necessary. For the comparative analysis of different legislative situations, suitable instruments should be prepared, where they are not already present in single systems, to foster the prevention of specific crimes relating to the international trafficking of doping substances. 32. The solutions: International cooperation among magistrates The present report has repeatedly referred to the international dimension of the doping phenomenon. The seizure of doping drugs and several investigations in France, Italy and Belgium show without a shadow of a doubt that the trafficking of these substances transcends national borders. We have also mentioned the continuing spread of sales via the Internet, giving rise to orders and deliveries that escape all controls. It should be added that the life of sportsmen and women is one of constant travelling, especially for those in the top flight. Sportsmen are often accompanied on their trips by coaches, masseurs or physiotherapists, physicians and federal officials. In this nomadic existence, doping "runners" are hired from the circles of organised crime. An Italian professional cyclist, was for example recently arrested in France for the trafficking of huge amounts of Igfl from Mexico to Europe. And a Moroccan top athlete was recently arrested in Italy after becoming involved in the international trafficking of enormous quantities of doping substances. We could go on for a long time with other examples. Or, we could test for what we find on the day-- meaning, someone doesn't all of a sudden come up positive in August for a sample submitted in June, meanwhile having inconveniently won a Tour de France stage-- and go on with life. Sample *labels* having a very short shelf life would be a big, big step here. Cheaper, less stupid mess. Hank Aaron, who has a dog in the hunt, had something to say recently IRT "doping". IMHO an intelligent, well-considered response: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090805/ap_on_sp_ba_ne/bbo_hank_aaron_7 Forgiveness even for the cardinal (ho ho) sin of betting on your own team, many years removed. Imagine... Flush Pete Rose and keep pulling the chain. Pete Rose did not simply make a `mistake.' He systematically, consistently bet on athletic events in violation of the laws of baseball. But wait, there is mo Pete Rose paid people to cash Pete Rose's winning parimutuel tickets; that is tax evasion. Pete Rose is a convicted felon, and served time in prison. Meanwhile the NFL `conditionally reinstated' Michael Vick. Phew! I feel better now. -- Michael Press |
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On Aug 5, 8:47*am, --D-y wrote:
On Aug 4, 9:18*pm, Anton Berlin wrote: Nobody posted part of this article but here is what one insider that struggled with the realities for a decade came to conclude: http://www.playthegame.org/knowledge...-doping-the-fr... 27. The solutions: Creation of the World Anti-Doping Agency The success of the Agency will depend on the quality of contributions from national Governments, which will have to: a) carry out a preliminary analysis of the IOC's activity in scientific, legal, technical-sporting and ethical-educational terms, to gain an idea of its merits but also of its responsibilities, potential, inability, sincerity of intents and ambiguity; b) study the spread of doping in a rational manner, both the existing situation and possible developments in the near future; c) appoint their own representatives to the Agency on the basis of competence, honesty and independence from the IOC and from leading international sports institutions; d) act to ensure that the strategies drawn up are quickly implemented. 28. The solutions: The search to improve anti-doping analysis methods One of the tasks to be performed by the new Agency will be that of commencing Studies and Research on new anti-doping analysis methods that can detect in athletes' urine the new pharmacological agents used and, more generally, that can extend analysis methods beyond urine to other biological indicators. This is a task in which the IOC Medical Commission has failed, and we do not see how it can now help to tackle the problem. This task will thus be shouldered mainly by Governments. A detailed research programme must thus be drawn up and rolled out: a) in conjunction with Universities and Research Institutes; b) in conjunction with IOC Anti-doping Laboratories, which must organise specific sectors really dedicated to Research in their own area of competence; c) in conjunction with pharmaceutical companies, which can provide necessary information on the pharmaco-kinetic action of new products and on their chemical properties. At this point in time, the most effective actions to be taken appear to be the following: 1) the intensification of random anti-doping tests; 2) the development of analytical methods capable of identifying molecules that are modified so as to render them unrecognisable in anti-doping tests; 3) the use of biological indicators other than urine (e.g. blood, saliva and hair) to uncover drug-taking methods: 4) the perfecting of new techniques, e.g. IRMS (isotopic ratio mass spectrometry) to determine whether a given substance (e.g. testosterone or nandrolone) is of endogenous or exogenous origin; 5) the development of indirect methods based on a longitudinal examination of biochemical and clinical parameters. 29. The solutions: Campaigns to safeguard sportmen's health The purpose of anti-doping tests is to demonstrate the presence in urine of a forbidden substance or of a relative metabolite as proof of the taking of doping drugs. Many substances are not however detectable at the present time, so the use of doping substances has increased dramatically in all parts of the world. These substances, as already mentioned, include: the erythropoietic hormone (Epo), the growth hormone (Gh), the insulin growth factor (Igf). Starting from the assumption that these substances, administered to healthy persons in the absence of a pathology, are harmful to one's health and cause evident physiological alterations, it is possible and indeed dutiful to safeguard the health of sportsmen and women through the monitoring of haematic-chemical parameters measured in the blood or urine. The International Cycling Union (UCI), the International Skiing Federation (FIS), the International Biathlon Union (IBU), Italy's National Olympic Committee (CONI) and the French Sports Ministry have already begun blood test campaigns to detect indirect signs of the taking of erythropoietin. These programmes have proved to be very effective, making it possible to reduce the use of Epo in endurance specialities. CONI has even established that Italian sportsmen wishing to take part in the Sidney Olympics must undergo blood tests, otherwise they will be excluded from the list of potential participants at the Olympic Games. In Italy, studies are now being conducted for special blood test campaigns against the use of Gh and other hormones, in collaboration with study groups from other countries. 30. The solutions: Agreements with international pharmaceutical companies The IOC has been unable (or perhaps unwilling) to dialogue with Pharmaceutical Companies and seek forms of collaboration to find solutions to the doping problem, especially for those drugs that cannot be detected during tests. The new Agency will have to work in this direction, and it will have the authority to do so. Pharmaceutical companies must be asked to: a) produce drugs in relation to the actual needs of the ill; b) report to competent authorities (WHO and the Governments of different countries) any anomalies and suspicions regarding the increase in demand and consumption; c) forgo with a great sense of responsibility a portion of their revenues, receiving as a reward the knowledge that they are helping to safeguard the health of a large number of youngsters. The World Anti-doping Agency should steer the actions of single countries in identifying legislative or regulatory instruments that might allow a definition of the nature of substances similar to those included in the IOC lists of doping substances during the registration phase for new drugs. 31. The solutions: Approval of specific criminal laws The Agency could pursue another primary objective: that of examining the legislative situation in different countries to assess the possibility of: a) making additions to existing laws on narcotics or on drugs in general; b) proposing specific texts on drugs and doping procedures for those cases in which this is deemed necessary. For the comparative analysis of different legislative situations, suitable instruments should be prepared, where they are not already present in single systems, to foster the prevention of specific crimes relating to the international trafficking of doping substances. 32. The solutions: International cooperation among magistrates The present report has repeatedly referred to the international dimension of the doping phenomenon. The seizure of doping drugs and several investigations in France, Italy and Belgium show without a shadow of a doubt that the trafficking of these substances transcends national borders. We have also mentioned the continuing spread of sales via the Internet, giving rise to orders and deliveries that escape all controls. It should be added that the life of sportsmen and women is one of constant travelling, especially for those in the top flight. Sportsmen are often accompanied on their trips by coaches, masseurs or physiotherapists, physicians and federal officials. In this nomadic existence, doping "runners" are hired from the circles of organised crime. An Italian professional cyclist, was for example recently arrested in France for the trafficking of huge amounts of Igfl from Mexico to Europe. And a Moroccan top athlete was recently arrested in Italy after becoming involved in the international trafficking of enormous quantities of doping substances. We could go on for a long time with other examples. Or, we could test for what we find on the day-- meaning, someone doesn't all of a sudden come up positive in August for a sample submitted in June, meanwhile having inconveniently won a Tour de France stage-- and go on with life. Sample *labels* having a very short shelf life would be a big, big step here. Cheaper, less stupid mess. Hank Aaron, who has a dog in the hunt, had something to say recently IRT "doping". IMHO an intelligent, well-considered response: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090805/ap_on_sp_ba_ne/bbo_hank_aaron_7 Forgiveness even for the cardinal (ho ho) sin of betting on your own team, many years removed. Imagine... --D-y- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Hank Aaron is a class act, and he's right about Rose, I think. It doesn't bother me one bit he bet on his team to win. Now, if he'd bet on them to lose, that'd be different. |
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On Aug 5, 3:33*pm, Michael Press wrote:
In article , *--D-y wrote: On Aug 4, 9:18*pm, Anton Berlin wrote: Nobody posted part of this article but here is what one insider that struggled with the realities for a decade came to conclude: http://www.playthegame.org/knowledge...-doping-the-fr.... 27. The solutions: Creation of the World Anti-Doping Agency The success of the Agency will depend on the quality of contributions from national Governments, which will have to: a) carry out a preliminary analysis of the IOC's activity in scientific, legal, technical-sporting and ethical-educational terms, to gain an idea of its merits but also of its responsibilities, potential, inability, sincerity of intents and ambiguity; b) study the spread of doping in a rational manner, both the existing situation and possible developments in the near future; c) appoint their own representatives to the Agency on the basis of competence, honesty and independence from the IOC and from leading international sports institutions; d) act to ensure that the strategies drawn up are quickly implemented. 28. The solutions: The search to improve anti-doping analysis methods One of the tasks to be performed by the new Agency will be that of commencing Studies and Research on new anti-doping analysis methods that can detect in athletes' urine the new pharmacological agents used and, more generally, that can extend analysis methods beyond urine to other biological indicators. This is a task in which the IOC Medical Commission has failed, and we do not see how it can now help to tackle the problem. This task will thus be shouldered mainly by Governments. A detailed research programme must thus be drawn up and rolled out: a) in conjunction with Universities and Research Institutes; b) in conjunction with IOC Anti-doping Laboratories, which must organise specific sectors really dedicated to Research in their own area of competence; c) in conjunction with pharmaceutical companies, which can provide necessary information on the pharmaco-kinetic action of new products and on their chemical properties. At this point in time, the most effective actions to be taken appear to be the following: 1) the intensification of random anti-doping tests; 2) the development of analytical methods capable of identifying molecules that are modified so as to render them unrecognisable in anti-doping tests; 3) the use of biological indicators other than urine (e.g. blood, saliva and hair) to uncover drug-taking methods: 4) the perfecting of new techniques, e.g. IRMS (isotopic ratio mass spectrometry) to determine whether a given substance (e.g. testosterone or nandrolone) is of endogenous or exogenous origin; 5) the development of indirect methods based on a longitudinal examination of biochemical and clinical parameters. 29. The solutions: Campaigns to safeguard sportmen's health The purpose of anti-doping tests is to demonstrate the presence in urine of a forbidden substance or of a relative metabolite as proof of the taking of doping drugs. Many substances are not however detectable at the present time, so the use of doping substances has increased dramatically in all parts of the world. These substances, as already mentioned, include: the erythropoietic hormone (Epo), the growth hormone (Gh), the insulin growth factor (Igf). Starting from the assumption that these substances, administered to healthy persons in the absence of a pathology, are harmful to one's health and cause evident physiological alterations, it is possible and indeed dutiful to safeguard the health of sportsmen and women through the monitoring of haematic-chemical parameters measured in the blood or urine. The International Cycling Union (UCI), the International Skiing Federation (FIS), the International Biathlon Union (IBU), Italy's National Olympic Committee (CONI) and the French Sports Ministry have already begun blood test campaigns to detect indirect signs of the taking of erythropoietin. These programmes have proved to be very effective, making it possible to reduce the use of Epo in endurance specialities. CONI has even established that Italian sportsmen wishing to take part in the Sidney Olympics must undergo blood tests, otherwise they will be excluded from the list of potential participants at the Olympic Games. In Italy, studies are now being conducted for special blood test campaigns against the use of Gh and other hormones, in collaboration with study groups from other countries. 30. The solutions: Agreements with international pharmaceutical companies The IOC has been unable (or perhaps unwilling) to dialogue with Pharmaceutical Companies and seek forms of collaboration to find solutions to the doping problem, especially for those drugs that cannot be detected during tests. The new Agency will have to work in this direction, and it will have the authority to do so. Pharmaceutical companies must be asked to: a) produce drugs in relation to the actual needs of the ill; b) report to competent authorities (WHO and the Governments of different countries) any anomalies and suspicions regarding the increase in demand and consumption; c) forgo with a great sense of responsibility a portion of their revenues, receiving as a reward the knowledge that they are helping to safeguard the health of a large number of youngsters. The World Anti-doping Agency should steer the actions of single countries in identifying legislative or regulatory instruments that might allow a definition of the nature of substances similar to those included in the IOC lists of doping substances during the registration phase for new drugs. 31. The solutions: Approval of specific criminal laws The Agency could pursue another primary objective: that of examining the legislative situation in different countries to assess the possibility of: a) making additions to existing laws on narcotics or on drugs in general; b) proposing specific texts on drugs and doping procedures for those cases in which this is deemed necessary. For the comparative analysis of different legislative situations, suitable instruments should be prepared, where they are not already present in single systems, to foster the prevention of specific crimes relating to the international trafficking of doping substances. 32. The solutions: International cooperation among magistrates The present report has repeatedly referred to the international dimension of the doping phenomenon. The seizure of doping drugs and several investigations in France, Italy and Belgium show without a shadow of a doubt that the trafficking of these substances transcends national borders. We have also mentioned the continuing spread of sales via the Internet, giving rise to orders and deliveries that escape all controls. It should be added that the life of sportsmen and women is one of constant travelling, especially for those in the top flight. Sportsmen are often accompanied on their trips by coaches, masseurs or physiotherapists, physicians and federal officials. In this nomadic existence, doping "runners" are hired from the circles of organised crime. An Italian professional cyclist, was for example recently arrested in France for the trafficking of huge amounts of Igfl from Mexico to Europe. And a Moroccan top athlete was recently arrested in Italy after becoming involved in the international trafficking of enormous quantities of doping substances. We could go on for a long time with other examples. Or, we could test for what we find on the day-- meaning, someone doesn't all of a sudden come up positive in August for a sample submitted in June, meanwhile having inconveniently won a Tour de France stage-- and go on with life. Sample *labels* having a very short shelf life would be a big, big step here. Cheaper, less stupid mess. Hank Aaron, who has a dog in the hunt, had something to say recently IRT "doping". IMHO an intelligent, well-considered response: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090805/ap_on_sp_ba_ne/bbo_hank_aaron_7 Forgiveness even for the cardinal (ho ho) sin of betting on your own team, many years removed. Imagine... Flush Pete Rose and keep pulling the chain. Pete Rose did not simply make a `mistake.' He systematically, consistently bet on athletic events in violation of the laws of baseball. But wait, there is mo Pete Rose paid people to cash Pete Rose's winning parimutuel tickets; that is tax evasion. Pete Rose is a convicted felon, and served time in prison. Meanwhile the NFL `conditionally reinstated' Michael Vick. Phew! I feel better now. -- Michael Press I looked at at least a half-dozen "Pete Rose Scandal" links. Nothing about systematic betting, nothing IRT tax evasion. FWIW (not much to anyone except me) I could easily lose any "sympathy" I have for Rose, as the story most often presented is, he bet on his team to win. Which fits with his "Charlie Hustle" personna, and would seem to be the opposite of fixing games or having any interest in "tampering" with results except to do his job as player or manager, and *win* games. Links? --D-y |
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The last three times I was in Vegas Pete Rose was sitting in the
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On Aug 5, 4:57*pm, Anton Berlin wrote:
The last three times I was in Vegas Pete Rose was sitting in the bleacher seats next to Ceasers sports book operations. *I never bother celebs other than to try not to watch them once I've noticed them. He's a major fatty. All those super ****ing hot prostitutes in Vegas and the only thing you notice the last three times is a fellow 50+ fatbody. And you have to make an effort not to stare at him? You should quit denying your inner swedish schoolboy and ask Pete out next time. -DA74 |
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, --D-y wrote: On Aug 5, 3:33Â*pm, Michael Press wrote: In article , Â*--D-y wrote: On Aug 4, 9:18Â*pm, Anton Berlin wrote: Nobody posted part of this article but here is what one insider that struggled with the realities for a decade came to conclude: http://www.playthegame.org/knowledge...-doping-the-fr... 27. The solutions: Creation of the World Anti-Doping Agency The success of the Agency will depend on the quality of contributions from national Governments, which will have to: a) carry out a preliminary analysis of the IOC's activity in scientific, legal, technical-sporting and ethical-educational terms, to gain an idea of its merits but also of its responsibilities, potential, inability, sincerity of intents and ambiguity; b) study the spread of doping in a rational manner, both the existing situation and possible developments in the near future; c) appoint their own representatives to the Agency on the basis of competence, honesty and independence from the IOC and from leading international sports institutions; d) act to ensure that the strategies drawn up are quickly implemented. 28. The solutions: The search to improve anti-doping analysis methods One of the tasks to be performed by the new Agency will be that of commencing Studies and Research on new anti-doping analysis methods that can detect in athletes' urine the new pharmacological agents used and, more generally, that can extend analysis methods beyond urine to other biological indicators. This is a task in which the IOC Medical Commission has failed, and we do not see how it can now help to tackle the problem. This task will thus be shouldered mainly by Governments. A detailed research programme must thus be drawn up and rolled out: a) in conjunction with Universities and Research Institutes; b) in conjunction with IOC Anti-doping Laboratories, which must organise specific sectors really dedicated to Research in their own area of competence; c) in conjunction with pharmaceutical companies, which can provide necessary information on the pharmaco-kinetic action of new products and on their chemical properties. At this point in time, the most effective actions to be taken appear to be the following: 1) the intensification of random anti-doping tests; 2) the development of analytical methods capable of identifying molecules that are modified so as to render them unrecognisable in anti-doping tests; 3) the use of biological indicators other than urine (e.g. blood, saliva and hair) to uncover drug-taking methods: 4) the perfecting of new techniques, e.g. IRMS (isotopic ratio mass spectrometry) to determine whether a given substance (e.g. testosterone or nandrolone) is of endogenous or exogenous origin; 5) the development of indirect methods based on a longitudinal examination of biochemical and clinical parameters. 29. The solutions: Campaigns to safeguard sportmen's health The purpose of anti-doping tests is to demonstrate the presence in urine of a forbidden substance or of a relative metabolite as proof of the taking of doping drugs. Many substances are not however detectable at the present time, so the use of doping substances has increased dramatically in all parts of the world. These substances, as already mentioned, include: the erythropoietic hormone (Epo), the growth hormone (Gh), the insulin growth factor (Igf). Starting from the assumption that these substances, administered to healthy persons in the absence of a pathology, are harmful to one's health and cause evident physiological alterations, it is possible and indeed dutiful to safeguard the health of sportsmen and women through the monitoring of haematic-chemical parameters measured in the blood or urine. The International Cycling Union (UCI), the International Skiing Federation (FIS), the International Biathlon Union (IBU), Italy's National Olympic Committee (CONI) and the French Sports Ministry have already begun blood test campaigns to detect indirect signs of the taking of erythropoietin. These programmes have proved to be very effective, making it possible to reduce the use of Epo in endurance specialities. CONI has even established that Italian sportsmen wishing to take part in the Sidney Olympics must undergo blood tests, otherwise they will be excluded from the list of potential participants at the Olympic Games. In Italy, studies are now being conducted for special blood test campaigns against the use of Gh and other hormones, in collaboration with study groups from other countries. 30. The solutions: Agreements with international pharmaceutical companies The IOC has been unable (or perhaps unwilling) to dialogue with Pharmaceutical Companies and seek forms of collaboration to find solutions to the doping problem, especially for those drugs that cannot be detected during tests. The new Agency will have to work in this direction, and it will have the authority to do so. Pharmaceutical companies must be asked to: a) produce drugs in relation to the actual needs of the ill; b) report to competent authorities (WHO and the Governments of different countries) any anomalies and suspicions regarding the increase in demand and consumption; c) forgo with a great sense of responsibility a portion of their revenues, receiving as a reward the knowledge that they are helping to safeguard the health of a large number of youngsters. The World Anti-doping Agency should steer the actions of single countries in identifying legislative or regulatory instruments that might allow a definition of the nature of substances similar to those included in the IOC lists of doping substances during the registration phase for new drugs. 31. The solutions: Approval of specific criminal laws The Agency could pursue another primary objective: that of examining the legislative situation in different countries to assess the possibility of: a) making additions to existing laws on narcotics or on drugs in general; b) proposing specific texts on drugs and doping procedures for those cases in which this is deemed necessary. For the comparative analysis of different legislative situations, suitable instruments should be prepared, where they are not already present in single systems, to foster the prevention of specific crimes relating to the international trafficking of doping substances. 32. The solutions: International cooperation among magistrates The present report has repeatedly referred to the international dimension of the doping phenomenon. The seizure of doping drugs and several investigations in France, Italy and Belgium show without a shadow of a doubt that the trafficking of these substances transcends national borders. We have also mentioned the continuing spread of sales via the Internet, giving rise to orders and deliveries that escape all controls. It should be added that the life of sportsmen and women is one of constant travelling, especially for those in the top flight. Sportsmen are often accompanied on their trips by coaches, masseurs or physiotherapists, physicians and federal officials. In this nomadic existence, doping "runners" are hired from the circles of organised crime. An Italian professional cyclist, was for example recently arrested in France for the trafficking of huge amounts of Igfl from Mexico to Europe. And a Moroccan top athlete was recently arrested in Italy after becoming involved in the international trafficking of enormous quantities of doping substances. We could go on for a long time with other examples. Or, we could test for what we find on the day-- meaning, someone doesn't all of a sudden come up positive in August for a sample submitted in June, meanwhile having inconveniently won a Tour de France stage-- and go on with life. Sample *labels* having a very short shelf life would be a big, big step here. Cheaper, less stupid mess. Hank Aaron, who has a dog in the hunt, had something to say recently IRT "doping". IMHO an intelligent, well-considered response: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090805/ap_on_sp_ba_ne/bbo_hank_aaron_7 Forgiveness even for the cardinal (ho ho) sin of betting on your own team, many years removed. Imagine... Flush Pete Rose and keep pulling the chain. Pete Rose did not simply make a `mistake.' He systematically, consistently bet on athletic events in violation of the laws of baseball. But wait, there is mo Pete Rose paid people to cash Pete Rose's winning parimutuel tickets; that is tax evasion. Pete Rose is a convicted felon, and served time in prison. Meanwhile the NFL `conditionally reinstated' Michael Vick. Phew! I feel better now. I looked at at least a half-dozen "Pete Rose Scandal" links. Nothing about systematic betting, nothing IRT tax evasion. You could always try Pete Rose in Wikipedia. FWIW (not much to anyone except me) I could easily lose any "sympathy" I have for Rose, as the story most often presented is, he bet on his team to win. Which fits with his "Charlie Hustle" personna, and would seem to be the opposite of fixing games or having any interest in "tampering" with results except to do his job as player or manager, and *win* games. Links? --D-y -- Michael Press |
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