Sara Errani ban increased

[li0scc0]

All too often we hear of bans being reduced on appeal. Is the first time a ban has been increased on appeal? Wonder why are they so keen to go after Errani ?

This is how drug bans work. They find somebody where they can make a public spectacle of it, without actually getting a top player like a Serena, Nadal, etc.
Cycling was this way until the major operations that brought down the big names. NFL is a joke on drugs, as well, picking and choosing those who "test positive", ignoring the linebackers with 35lb more muscle than possible naturally. .
Sharapova was a shocker, as she is a top player, yet I'm convinced it was a guise to overshadow a major positive test for a real performance enhancer (EPO or anabolic/androgenic steroids) from another player.
All for show, nothing to see here, the woman who hits as hard as a 12 year old is drugged up, but those female 120mph serves are totally natural.

 

[mellowyellow]

This is how drug bans work. They find somebody where they can make a public spectacle of it, without actually getting a top player like a Serena, Nadal, etc.
Cycling was this way until the major operations that brought down the big names. NFL is a joke on drugs, as well, picking and choosing those who "test positive", ignoring the linebackers with 35lb more muscle than possible naturally. .
Sharapova was a shocker, as she is a top player, yet I'm convinced it was a guise to overshadow a major positive test for a real performance enhancer (EPO or anabolic/androgenic steroids) from another player.
All for show, nothing to see here, the woman who hits as hard as a 12 year old is drugged up, but those female 120mph serves are totally natural.

Sharapova in he lead up to the ban was not playing well, many injuries and missed time. She was a big name, but one that conveniently was having a lot of struggles. I honestly thought because of the problems she was having the announcement was of going to be of retirement...

 

[Deon Sanders]

PED use should be a lifetime ban on first offense, no appeal

Would have spared us from a shrieking Maria Tha Cheata

 

[Booger]

When is Serena going to get caught ??

Right about the same time as Nadal.

 

[Bartelby]

In the case of the Sharapova ban, the immediate context was the WADA-led campaign against Russia and Russian sport.

Meldonium was never previously defined as a PED, but once they discovered Russians used it they decided to ban it.

This was a part of a chain of events that saw even completely drug-free Russian athletes banned from the Olympics as a collective punishment.

Many of these people have been vindicated at CAS where the whistleblower testimony failed to stand up in open court, unsurprisingly.

This is how drug bans work. They find somebody where they can make a public spectacle of it, without actually getting a top player like a Serena, Nadal, etc.
Cycling was this way until the major operations that brought down the big names. NFL is a joke on drugs, as well, picking and choosing those who "test positive", ignoring the linebackers with 35lb more muscle than possible naturally. .
Sharapova was a shocker, as she is a top player, yet I'm convinced it was a guise to overshadow a major positive test for a real performance enhancer (EPO or anabolic/androgenic steroids) from another player.
All for show, nothing to see here, the woman who hits as hard as a 12 year old is drugged up, but those female 120mph serves are totally natural.

 

[vandre]

Tennis has never been more clean than nowadays.

I don't know what you are talking about.

you got that right, brother! i'm just over here taking my vitamins and saying my prayers!

 

[MatsPhilander]

When is Serena going to get caught ??

When she stops hiding in panic rooms & calling the cops. Although she doesn't need one as she has a doctors note saying she can take whatever she likes & the authorities are too scared to test her.

 

[mellowyellow]

When she stops hiding in panic rooms & calling the cops. Although she doesn't need one as she has a doctors note saying she can take whatever she likes & the authorities are too scared to test her.

Like in 2010-2011, remember the 04 Olympics? she wasn't going to play if the WTA tested, they actually agreed to not test but the Olympic Committee said no way their will be testing, then she had injured her knee and didn't play.

 

[ausfrewimuso]

Lol bitter people believing Serena takes drugs...

I guess being too good=drug usage.

When she stops hiding in panic rooms & calling the cops. Although she doesn't need one as she has a doctors note saying she can take whatever she likes & the authorities are too scared to test her.

Speculation after speculation after speculation.

I guess you live in Serena's digestive system...?

 

[Rogerjohnson81]

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[Bartelby]

The assumption is that you can control what goes into your body, so absent some sort of poisoning the doctrine makes sense even though it is harsh.

But Cilic assumed some stuff he took had the same list of ingredients on the other side of the border, but didn't go the extra steps to check.

Errani shared food prepared in an area where what WADA considers a masking agent for PEDs were and didn't go the extra steps to check.

My preferred option is to reduce the penalty for non-intentional doping from two to one year, which would I suppose roughly halve the penalties currently handed-down.

The doctrine of strict liability has no place in a situation that can beyond the control of a player. It is absurdity.

 

[vive le beau jeu !]

meanwhile, in mallorca......

 

[jaggy]

It's a conspiracy

 

[Booger]

The doctrine of strict liability has no place in a situation that can beyond the control of a player. It is absurdity.

Without strict liability, suddenly the entire tour will start accidentally taking massive doses of their nana's cancer drugs, no? Let us not forget the famous Spanish tainted meat defense. It's almost impossible to catch dopers anyways, so when does slip up and pop a test, you can't give them an easy out.

 

[tennis_pro]

Did she get banned for having an atrocious serve?

 

[EloQuent]

Without strict liability, suddenly the entire tour will start accidentally taking massive doses of their nana's cancer drugs, no? Let us not forget the famous Spanish tainted meat defense. It's almost impossible to catch dopers anyways, so when does slip up and pop a test, you can't give them an easy out.

This is a pretty convincing argument. Not sure I can agree with a ten month suspension, but more than 2 months does seem warranted.

 

[Rogerjohnson81]

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[Booger]

Without strict liability there would be fairness and justice in the process rather than the severe system there is now.
I rather players be given the benefit of the doubt if they provide a plausible answer than having their careers, livelihood and future affected by something potentially beyond their control.

There is a difference between having traces one time with the player then being alerted and having them for a long period over multiple tests that would show a pattern. There is also a difference between a cancer drug and cocaine and steroids. Currently the system does not allow for the distinction as they all would result in a ban. Ending strict liability would not mean “the entire tour would start accidentally taking massive doses” it would mean players would get a fair shake in the judicial process and wouldn’t automatically be condemned.

If you are going to let players pacify you with excuses after failing a test, what's the point of testing at all? 99.9% of dopers are already getting away with it. Nadal has been the face of athletic doping for years and has never (publicly) failed a test. So when someone finally slips up enough to get caught, that rare 0.01%, you're going to be ok with the tainted meat or nana's medicine or whatever BS line they want to feed you?

This isn't the 90's. It's time to be honest about the situation. Nothing will change if we insist on being naive and make it even easier to cheat than it already is. Totally wrong direction.