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Explore strict liability in rugby anti-doping regulations. Learn about rule violations, prohibited substances, testing procedures, and health risks of doping. Discover absurd excuses given by athletes at anti-doping hearings.
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YOU need to know... We Will focus on... • ANTI-DOPING REGULATIONS • STRICT LIABILITY • RULE VIOLATIONS & SANCTIONS • PROHIBITED LIST • CHECKING MEDICATION • TUES • TESTING PROCEDURE • SUPPLEMENTS • ILLICIT DRUGS • HEALTH RISKS OF DOPING
STRICT LIABILITY Rugby players are solely responsible for any prohibited substance found in their system; whether or not there was any intention to cheat
STRICT LIABILITY “I WAS TOLD I NEEDED TO PUT ON WEIGHT TO MAKE IT” “I WAS RUNNING LATE FOR A JOB INTERVIEW” “I DIDN’T KNOW IT WAS A 30MPH LIMIT” “I DIDN’T KNOW THE SUBSTANCE WAS BANNED” “MY SUPPLEMENTS WERE CONTAMINATED” “THE SPEEDO’ ON MY CAR WAS FAULTY” “I HAVE NEVER HAD ANY ANTI-DOPING EDUCATION” “WE DON’T HAVE SPEED LIMITS IN MY COUNTRY” “I DIDN’T THINK THE CAMERA WAS WORKING” “I DIDN’T THINK I WOULD BE TESTED” “I PICKED UP MY FRIENDS SUPPLEMENT BY ACCIDENT” “MY FOOT SLIPPED ON THE ACCELERATOR”
MY DOG ATE MY URINE SAMPLE EXCUSES GIVEN BY ATHLETES AT THEIR ANTI-DOPING HEARINGS • IF YOU THINK THE EXCUSE WAS ACTUALLY GIVEN – HANDS ON HEADS • IF YOU THINK WE MADE IT UP – HANDS ON BUMS
1) I TESTED POSITIVE BECAUSE… “SOMEONE SPIKED MY TOOTHPASTE”
2) I TESTED POSITIVE BECAUSE… “OF A TAINTED HAND SOAP I USED AT A FRIEND’S HOUSE.” FALSE
3) I TESTED POSITIVE BECAUSE… “MY MATE AT THE GYM GAVE ME A CLEAR BAG FULL OF YELLOW PILLS AND SAID THEY WOULD HELP ME LOOSE WEIGHT.”
4) I TESTED POSITIVE BECAUSE… “I AM A CHIMERA – THE DIFFERENT BLOOD IN MY BODY IS FROM AN UNBORN TWIN WHO DIED IN MY MUM’S WOMB BEFORE BIRTH.”
5) I TESTED POSITIVE BECAUSE… “OF A MINT GIVEN TO ME BY AN ATTENDENT IN A NIGHTCLUB TOILET.” FALSE
6) I TESTED POSITIVE BECAUSE… “I HAD 5 BEERS AND SEX WITH MY WIFE 4 TIMES LAST NIGHT.”
7) I TESTED POSITIVE BECAUSE… “I DRANK MY BROTHER’S ORANGE JUICE AND IT HAD STEROIDS IN IT”
8) I TESTED POSITIVE BECAUSE… “I WATCHED THE MOVIE ‘ROCKY’ FOR 12 HOURS STRAIGHT THE DAY BEFORE MY RACE.” FALSE
9) I TESTED POSITIVE BECAUSE… “I ATE A PIGEON PIE MADE FROM PIGEONS ON STEROIDS THAT MY FATHER RAISED.”
10) I TESTED POSITIVE BECAUSE… “OF A WAR AGAINST MY COUNTRY (CUBA); POSSIBLY COMMITTED BY PEOPLE OF THE COUNTER-REVOLUTION.”
THEY ALL HAD ONE THING IN COMMON.... • 2 YEAR BANS
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