Sunshine and Light

Oh fer cryin' out loud

Every time I read a quote from Dick Pound of WADA, I want to smack the man in the face. It's just a visceral reaction. It's probably the result of the fact that he's busting guys I was hoping were clean for drugs. But when he says stuff like this:

"Who knows," he wrote. "USADA (the United States Anti-Doping Agency) may subscribe to a suggestion that both athletes, in separate sports, were ambushed by a roving squad of Nazi frogmen and injected against their will with the prohibited substances."

I can't help but think "You arrogant jerk." I guess it hasn't occurred to him that WADA's guilty until proven innocent policy may not sit well with a whole country that operates under innocent until proven guilty in most other facets of our life.

Between the UCI and WADA, they need to find better ambassadors for what they do. Because when things are leaked about athletes, and drugs are so rampant, it strikes me that neither group is doing a particularly good job, alone or in combination with each other. Then you get screw ups like the whole Liberty Seguros team being banned from the Tour before they find out none of them were actually going to be prosecuted. It makes the whole cycling scene look absolutely inept.

Gentlemen, the off-season approaches. Take that time to Fermez vos bouches, develop a plan, and discover some humility.

posted by MyHusbandRules @ 5:44 PM