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[frisson_think]

I'm tired of this.  Justin Gatlin tested positive on his piss test.  So much for all his achievements.

I should've stopped caring when Kenteris skipped the Olympics.  That guy was my hero when he won gold for Greece in 2000.

Some folks say that there should be criminal sanctions against athletes for fraud.  I say that it would be enough to disqualify

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[desk_jockey]

Remember the Miracle on Ice

[frisson_think]

I'm all for innocence until proven guilty. Also, I know the rules governing drug tests that can arbitrary. One athlete, if I remember correctly, was disqualified from a competition for having a chemical in his system that came from a hair regrowth pill.

With that said, I believe there should be some draconian sanctions against players who unequivocally piss hot. Only then can we begin to create an effective deterrent to doping.

[breakz08]

There needs to be a distinction here: both Gatlin and Floyd Landis tested for high levels of testosterone. Neither of their tests have been backed up by second samples.

With that being said, professional cycling is a joke. Track and field is closely approaching it. Officiating in the World Cup was a farce. Some of Italy's top soccer teams were involved in a match-fixing scandal. Barry Bonds is about to be indicted any day now for committing perjury.

No hyperbole here: this is the death of fair play as we know it. Sports, as a whole, will be lucky to recover from this.

[desk_jockey]

Basketball son, Basketball.

New world sport.

[breakz08]

Maybe. We'll see with the World Championships later this year (I think).