It might be the excuse but I believe that the fact that the substance is in the athlete's system is the driving force behind any DQ's or suspensions. The athlete had an 'unfair' advantage over the rest of the field.
Steve S ----- Original Message ----- From: Jeremy Ashcraft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, October 22, 2003 8:06 PM Subject: Re: t-and-f: Chambers positive > >Guess what? Chambers has just issued a statement in which he says he > >was told by his coach to use BALCO as a source of nutrition and knew > >nothing about anything.... anything at all. > >I think we should let him off because that excuse has never, ever been > >used before! > > What if (and this is a big what if) Conte developed this new steriod, > but only marketed it to high profile athletes as a new high performance > supplement without revealing its true identity? What a better way to > attract high profile clientele than to offer a new wonder supplement > that is completely "legal". If someone points you to a nutritionist who > puts you on a new supplement regimen that significantly imporoves > performance and you test clean all the time, why would you think > anything is wrong? Creatine was the new wonder supplment a few years > ago, what would make one think this any different(other than it was > found to be an illegal substance :) )? > > Not that i'm saying this is the case, but it just got me wondering how > so many high profile athletes could get caught up in something illegal > that they all could potentially get caught doing. > > Just food for thought..... > > jeremy ashcraft > >
