How many times have you heard that a sports person has been caught for drugs, then only to find that they were caught not by the systematic drugs check but by chance. We are lead to believe that the system is catching drug cheats but in reality a growing proportion of athletes are being caught as result of poor house keeping habits, being shelved by disgruntled coaches or besmirched by jilted lovers.
Jilted lover spills his guts
Marion Jones is a perfect example of a lovers scorn, for years she had shared the same bed and in some instances syringe, only to end up having her glorious sporting career turned to shit by her ex lover, he figured that if he were a failure she would be to. Between the jilted lover, a coach trying to save his own backside and a drug peddler giving evidence to stay out of jail, Jones was sold down the river and her illustrious career left lying in tatters.
Cyclists only crime is being untidy
The tour de France is a sport infamous for the use of performance enhancing drugs and it would seem many cyclists and teams are being caught or implicated for drug use. But in reality a number of the high profile cases have been as a result of athletes poor house keeping habits by leaving empty vials of prohibited substances in bins or getting caught with a trunk load of paraphernalia used for blood doping (Homologous transfusions).
Level playing field is a field of dreams
The current drug protocols catch those that become to cocky about their ability to outrun, swim or play their rivals with the assistance of drugs, natural athletes are natural only up until their jilted lovers, burnt out coaches or lazy habits bring them into disrepute.
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