tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7181733805244715468.post8585297976224619383..comments2023-10-28T04:25:14.300-07:00Comments on The View From The Finish Line: IOC Decision on Merritt – Wrong Yet AgainConway Hillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02133670136098939453noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7181733805244715468.post-2724055301297730232011-01-15T16:22:57.000-08:002011-01-15T16:22:57.000-08:00The whole anti doping effort is pretty much a joke...The whole anti doping effort is pretty much a joke in my humble opinion .. It would almost be better to do nothing than to do it the way they are doing it .. Because they accomplish little but do much to hurt the sport ..Conway Hillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02133670136098939453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7181733805244715468.post-382861236666088232011-01-15T10:53:10.839-08:002011-01-15T10:53:10.839-08:00You make many good points here. The drug policies ...You make many good points here. The drug policies of track and field are rife with problems.<br /><br />One of the problems which particularly bothers me is the exhaustive list of banned substances. In my opinion, we could easily weed out half of those substances (which have no positive effect on performance or fatigue recovery).<br /><br />As you imply, having done this would have allowed Merritt (and others) to compete, which would have been good for the sport both from an image and from an interest standpoint - especially considering the resurgence of Jeremy Wariner.<br /><br />Honest athletes must now be super-vigilant in choosing every common substance they ingest.<br /><br />I am also irked by the intrusive nature of random urinalysis testing. Go to a simple blood test. It retains at least a little more dignity for the clean athlete and from what I understand, is more accurate and less susceptible to fraud.<br /><br />This issue should be on the short list of "things to do" for our new USATF CEO.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com