I think we should let him off because that excuse has never, ever been used before!
Randall Northam
On Wednesday, Oct 22, 2003, at 18:15 Europe/London, Randy Treadway wrote:
The 'back to the stoneage' and BC arguments are bogus, and are always trotted out when cheaters get caught and people like the good TFN editor claim we'd be better off just letting 'em dope all they want.
It's very simple. Keep catching as many cheaters as we can, and suspend their butts. DQ 'em for life if necessary.
The resulting "fields" at major competitions will then be as they should be- as clean as we can make them and a fair and level playing field.
Yes, that might mean that many if not all world records should be thrown out and start over again. Don't take records "away" from anybody. Just retire the records the same way as when implement specifications are changed.
It's not going back to stoneage. It's pulling it back in where it should have remained all along. Using what the man upstairs gave us, and nothing else. (and the man upstairs isn't named Conte! :-)
RT
