Re: That Saad Lad
Reply #15 –
He should incur a penalty sure, but if your gonna have zero tolerance with penalty severity such as this in instances such as this (a year and half pushing on 2 and soon to be 4 of an athletes life), then sooner or later all stakeholders who stand to gain should be made to assume a more realistic level of responsibility to better inform. It's simply not realistic to leave this at the feet of the athlete.
Manufactures, suppliers and retailers should have a duty to do more than simply bury the name of a substance in the ingredients list. Suppliers who should be reasonably aware of the possibility that sports persons in competition may be purchasing their product should have a duty to better inform that the product has the potential to wipe a career. Perhaps develop a labeling system big bold and ugly. A better job needs to be done to flush out intent.
This rule is a rule is rule is rule bullshiiit simply doesn't sit well with me. If big sister is going to remain relevant, then regulators should either impose more realistic spread of responsibility, or the power freak should impose penalties accordingly.