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Originally Posted by Damien
I don't think top-flight football will have many, if any, dopers.
First of all the attention surrounding the game is considerably higher than than of professional cycling and the money to carry out drug testing is also there. We're having footballers caught out for taking weight loss medication and other footballers facing bans for missing drug tests. They take it seriously. Additionally most clubs have even more regular drug testing for their own players.
The benefits are also minor, you're not going to get a massive advantage by doping. It's primarily a technical sport, football is not a contest of athleticism to the degree it is in cycling. A relatively weak player can be the best in the world (Messi) whereas this isn't true in cycling.
So even the increased risk of getting caught and the decreased benefits of taking them in the first place, why bother?
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I understand the technical aspect of the game but dont get the athletism and fitness advantages we seeing.
Its like modern players super fit beyond belief that balk up has in my opinion to have come from some other than pumping iron.
Whether its done by club or individual finding avenues such this who knows.
This doc is the first time doping been linked to football if true. Read in this forum real madrid also and he was arrested in germany during world cup.
Not sure the programme to weed out cheaters in football close to adequate. You talk of clubs individual policy thats fine to catch say recreation violition of drugs. Would club ban a player if they new he had taken something that would benefit his progress.
Remember there been issues over FA warn clubs before swooping to training to check players. I seem to recall a storm where a top player conveniently missed it. It ended up in news.
There different levels of testing are they just testing for recreational drugs or Wada banned substances.
I also believe FIFA yet to sign up to many banned substances which improve performance on grounds they dont improve footballers.
I shocked IOC allowed football to be this lapsed in its anti doping programme.
yes those webbies nuts but they have found to be true in some cases.
I am to be honest skeptical on sky sudden emergance and domination that some who been dopers are involved in backup team. Whether there clean time will tell. How many thought us postal/discovery team was clean.
thenry indeed lets hope they can get evidence not just prove guilt but to disprove those inocently fingered.
He may be complete romancer bigging up involvement. I just hope the later as this will cause massive ripples in those sports.