David Howman expresses his thoughts about anti-doping policies in some sports organizations. While the director general of the WADA is happy with jobs of certain sports organizations, he says that anti-doping systems in other leagues/teams are not suitable.
For example, the director general of the WADA praises the International Tennis Federation (ITF) for its anti-doping policy. The director general of the WADA claims that anti-doping program is proper in tennis.
But as for the National Basketball Association (NBA), it doesn’t desire to adopt its anti-doping program to that of the WADA. It refuses to add some new drug tests in order to catch those that administer steroids and/or other banned medicines. That’s why the director general of the WADA says that the anti-doping program of the NBA is not good enough to detect those that dope. He notes that the NBA should add more sophisticated new methods as well.
David Howman affirms that drug tests conducted in tennis have high quality. But there is a defect in tennis’ anti-doping policy. A lot of tests are conducted during competitions. But few tests are conducted out-of-competition. That’s why ITF’s anti-doping program is also criticized.
Undoubtedly, no one can confirm that anti-doping program of ITF is perfect. It has certain lacks too. But it is quite adequate.
Thus, you should not think that tennis is clean from doping wholly. Certain tennis players are likely to administer steroids and/or related preparations. But it is not so tainted, as some other sports.
Only one tennis player was suspended for application of banned medicines. However it seems to prove that tennis is not tainted, it is necessary to consider that there are certain ways to prevent detection. As you probably know, the prominent cyclist Lance Armstrong applied steroids and other performance-enhancing drugs and avoided detection much time. Couldn’t tennis players act the same way?
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