The Electronic Telegraph
White to answer case at US hearing
Tom Knight
Any remaining hope that Kelli White had of hanging onto her World
Championship gold medals all but disappeared last night when she was told
she would face a disciplinary hearing in the United States.
The International Assoc
NCAA not lilly white either.
http://espn.go.com/gen/s/2000/1207/929862.html
P.F.Talbot wrote:
The high school kids in the U.S. have been on drugs for a long time:
http://espn.go.com/gen/s/2000/1213/945303.html
The steroid-use rate is 5-8% of ALL high school boys. I would bet that most
of the
At 10:35 AM 9/9/2003 -0700, t-and-f-digest wrote..
Date: Sun, 07 Sep 2003 17:04:17 +
From: "B. Kunnath" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: t-and-f: Another Kenyan Positive !
I dont think it was ever stated that it was IMPOSSIBLE for the Kenyans
to cheat. What is a more accurate statement w
--- Tom Derderian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> So one response, not a solution, to the drug problem would be to
> strictly define the levels of money influence or professionalism.
Maybe no one caught it in my response to Randy, but I don't believe that
approach will be any improvement. Setting a
P.F.Talbot wrote:
> How about the opposite argument. If it were not for drugs, WR progression
> would have stalled some time ago and the public would have lost all
> interest. As a fan I want to be entertained.
How long before more of these drugs are reaching the high school level? No
doubt
many
The high school kids in the U.S. have been on drugs for a long time:
http://espn.go.com/gen/s/2000/1213/945303.html
The steroid-use rate is 5-8% of ALL high school boys. I would bet that most
of the use is done by athletes so put it over 10%. Probably concentrated in
football, but a whole lot o
Not so naive but do see a relationship between money and drugs. The more
money, the more drugs. Certainly there is money involved in the NCAA but not
as much as with athletes who have agents and sponsorship contracts. There is
even less drug use in clubs such as the Greater Boston Track Club that I
"IAAF general secretary Istvan Gyulai said White should be disqualified
and stripped of the gold medals she won in the 100 and 200 metres at
last month's World Championships."
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/athletics/world_athletics_2003/3077070.stm
H. We're not so naïve as to suggest that the NCAA is drug-free? How about some
of the foreign athletes who have matriculated (are matriculating) and their track
"records" without even starting on our citizen participants? Otherwise, what is the
purpose for NCAA drug testing. Hopefully to
There's no way to know if robbing banks is any worse for "society" than
performance-enhancing drugs, which may be far worse. (Or they may be incomparable.)
There is probably no turning back from p-e drugs now that they're here. Perhaps the
problem is no longer a "problem" (meaning something that
How about the opposite argument. If it were not for drugs, WR progression
would have stalled some time ago and the public would have lost all
interest. As a fan I want to be entertained. I'm more entertained by a
26:30 than a 27:30. If someone runs a 9.5 someday I'll be damn entertained
no matt
How about it's cheating, pure and simple.
It's a rule of the sport and needs to be obeyed - just like lane rules,
starting rules, and throwing implement specifications. When cheaters get
caught they get kicked out regardless of any lack of ill effects on society.
Kurt Bray
How 'bout it's ki
Drugs are killing the sport and what is driving drugs is money. Are they
related? Maybe there is a place for expressed amateur sports? Such is the
NCAA.
Tom
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From: "lehane" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Dan Kaplan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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How 'bout it's killing the sport.
Dan Kaplan wrote:
> --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > If lots of people decide to rob banks and don't see anything wrong
> > with it, and the police can't keep up, does that mean that bank
> > robbery should be made legal?
>
> Robbing banks has a clearly defined i
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