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Reality Check. Such an ironic name for someone that appears to be so far removed from reality. I can only assume you were trying to be sarcastic when you chose it.
When this whole saga first broke, I did a simple internet search on two things:
2012 ASADA/WADA banned list
AOD-9604
Within minutes this search led me to the conclusion that AOD was not approved for human therapeutical use, and that this would lead it to be banned under section S.0 of the WADA act.
Back to the original topic, the two cases simply aren't comparable. Bennell has clearly broken some rules and would/should be dealt with accordingly, along with any other GC players that have been doing the same thing.
Having said that, I think that the AFL's 3 strike policy is counter-intuitive to the WADA policy. All of these drugs are generally covered under sections S.6 - stimulants, S.7 - narcotics and S.8 - cannabinoids. You can't pick and choose which parts of the code you want to apply to your sport. If you sign up, you sign up for all of it. If a player tests positive for any of these things, or is known to have used them, ASADA should step in and deal with it rather than the AFL recording a strike against a player's name and allowing them to continue on playing until they get two more strikes... and then what? Do we even know what happens if a player records 3 strikes? Has it ever happened before? Does the player get a stint on the sidelines conveniently disguised as an injury so that the public is none the wiser?
When this whole saga first broke, I did a simple internet search on two things:
2012 ASADA/WADA banned list
AOD-9604
Within minutes this search led me to the conclusion that AOD was not approved for human therapeutical use, and that this would lead it to be banned under section S.0 of the WADA act.
Back to the original topic, the two cases simply aren't comparable. Bennell has clearly broken some rules and would/should be dealt with accordingly, along with any other GC players that have been doing the same thing.
Having said that, I think that the AFL's 3 strike policy is counter-intuitive to the WADA policy. All of these drugs are generally covered under sections S.6 - stimulants, S.7 - narcotics and S.8 - cannabinoids. You can't pick and choose which parts of the code you want to apply to your sport. If you sign up, you sign up for all of it. If a player tests positive for any of these things, or is known to have used them, ASADA should step in and deal with it rather than the AFL recording a strike against a player's name and allowing them to continue on playing until they get two more strikes... and then what? Do we even know what happens if a player records 3 strikes? Has it ever happened before? Does the player get a stint on the sidelines conveniently disguised as an injury so that the public is none the wiser?
