Re: Thomas Mims : Thu Apr 19, 2018 3:38 pm  

Gotcha wrote:

That is clearly the more realistic statement.

Who did the testing - Hull KR or the UK drug people?

[PopTart]

Re: Thomas Minns : Fri Apr 20, 2018 6:23 am  

We are not the only sport with this issue and are a long way from the worst.
Recreational drugs is a general problem not restricted to sport like performance enhancing.

It only appears higher in ours because you don't read about the other sports.

Re: Thomas Minns : Fri Apr 20, 2018 12:34 pm  

PopTart wrote:

We are not the only sport with this issue and are a long way from the worst.
Recreational drugs is a general problem not restricted to sport like performance enhancing.

It only appears higher in ours because you don't read about the other sports.

How many elite athletes in other sports have been banned for drugs in the last year?

Re: Thomas Minns : Fri Apr 20, 2018 5:43 pm  

Sal Paradise wrote:

How many elite athletes in other sports have been banned for drugs in the last year?

Jon Jones, Saul Alverez, lots of Russians.
The truth is, there's massive amounts of corruption amongst these international sporting agencies. If every athlete was tested regularly, and correctly you'd see a hell of a lot more bans. Personally, I think completely legalising drugs in sport is preferable to the corrupt shambles we have now.

Re: Thomas Minns : Fri Apr 20, 2018 9:06 pm  

Charlie Sheen wrote:

Jon Jones, Saul Alverez, lots of Russians.
The truth is, there's massive amounts of corruption amongst these international sporting agencies. If every athlete was tested regularly, and correctly you'd see a hell of a lot more bans. Personally, I think completely legalising drugs in sport is preferable to the corrupt shambles we have now.

With the Russians were the bans for recreational drugs or performance enhancing? The ones I've heard of are for the latter, which is a whole different issue to Minns (and numerous others) subsidising the Latin American economy.

If we start legalising drugs in sport then we'll lose the enjoyment we get from seeing quality sportsmen and women excelling - it'll just be a case of whoever injects the most crap in their veins wins.

Re: Thomas Minns : Fri Apr 20, 2018 9:40 pm  

I don't disagree, but the situation we have now and the rules that are in place are equally inept.

Re: Thomas Minns : Sun Apr 22, 2018 8:03 am  

There’s a team who were out on the razz together in Headingley yesterday who would struggle to put a team on the park next week if the testers decided to land on their whole squad today.
I might be wrong though, it might be that they all had some serious bowl issues coupled with hay fever.

Re: Thomas Minns : Sun Apr 22, 2018 9:37 am  

Sal Paradise wrote: How many elite athletes in other sports have been banned for drugs in the last year? Wouldn't quite put Minns in that category. UK-wise, the list of current sanctions is here: https://ukad.org.uk/anti-doping-rule-vi ... iolations/

Sal Paradise wrote: How many elite athletes in other sports have been banned for drugs in the last year? Wouldn't quite put Minns in that category. UK-wise, the list of current sanctions is here: https://ukad.org.uk/anti-doping-rule-vi ... iolations/

Re: Thomas Minns : Tue Apr 24, 2018 11:30 am  

Just need to watch that documentary on netflix about the guy who wanted to dope to win a bike race. This lead to the russians getting banned. Basically, if you dont want to get caught and are willing to pay, you can dope and never get caught. Why do you think Lance Armstrong never tested positive?

Regards

King james

Re: Thomas Minns : Tue Apr 24, 2018 11:47 am  

Slightly off thread, I may have missed it ,but have not seen any details of the ban hardaker will be receiving.