UCI and Doping solution

In article ,
"Jan" wrote:

The following has been drafted by a member of the Eurosport Cycling forums.
It is suggested that it be sent to the UCI . Although we
disagree with doping. This does seem a logical way to instantly clean the
sport up,- while there is still time. Please forward to the the UCI. It
might just work!!

thanks

Jan



I would like to propose an idea of an amnesty for drug takers in the
sport. As is plainly obvious, the current system is not working, with
credibilty in cycling diminishing day by day. Therefore, I feel that an
amnesty would be a good option. It allows those who have doped in the past
to come out and admit it, without fear of being reprimanded and sponsors
pulling out, as is happening right now. Give them until a date to get clean,
then anyone caught should be thrown out of cycling for good. This gives them
no excuse and can make cycling credible again. I would dearly love to see
clean riders battling it out heart and mind against each other in the
knowledge that this is their physical limits and they really are trying.

How about amnesty for those who do not admit to doping?

--
Michael Press

In article ,
RonSonic wrote:

On Thu, 24 May 2007 15:33:14 +0100, "Jan" wrote:

RonSonic wrote:
On Thu, 24 May 2007 13:25:30 +0100, "Jan"
wrote:

Like in Athletics, Baseball and American football? ;-)

Yes. All of those have drug problems - all of humanity has drug problems. But
all of which have far less drug problem than does bike racing. That they are
imperfect and serve up the occasional scandal does not make them bad examples
for a sport that seems to live in a state of perpetual disgrace.

Baseball, Football, Metric Football have nothing like the disaster that
cycling is going through.

I suspect that those other sports may have as much or more drug *use* than cycling
but they certainly have a lesser drug *problem* due to the way they've handled it.
The very public airing of the laundry in cycling hasn't helped the public's view of
the situation at all. I wonder if there are any polls out there that might show how
people feel about it (particularly in Europe).

--
tanx,
Howard

Never take a tenant with a monkey.

remove YOUR SHOES to reply, ok?

"Jan" wrote in message
...
The following has been drafted by a member of the Eurosport Cycling
forums.
It is suggested that it be sent to the UCI . Although we
disagree with doping. This does seem a logical way to instantly clean the
sport up,- while there is still time. Please forward to the the UCI. It
might just work!!

thanks

Jan



I would like to propose an idea of an amnesty for drug takers in the
sport. As is plainly obvious, the current system is not working, with
credibilty in cycling diminishing day by day. Therefore, I feel that an
amnesty would be a good option. It allows those who have doped in the past
to come out and admit it, without fear of being reprimanded and sponsors
pulling out, as is happening right now. Give them until a date to get
clean, then anyone caught should be thrown out of cycling for good. This
gives them no excuse and can make cycling credible again. I would dearly
love to see clean riders battling it out heart and mind against each other
in the knowledge that this is their physical limits and they really are
trying.


And how about banning all of the team officials who were in charge when the
doping went on? Get the real dirt out of the sport, give amnesty to the
athletes, and get on with the show!

Caroline

On May 24, 10:17 am, RonSonic wrote:

The "throw 'em out for good" policy is why we've got this goddamn mess in the
first place. We already have that. Look at a calender and a racer's career
expectency the present policy is about the same. By the time a guy is winning
races he's in the fat part of his career and a 2 + 2 ban will have him out of it
and over.

Hmmm. I see where you're going - in utero doping. Get them started
early so when they get suspended, they're only 20.

R