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Anti-Doping Agency Takes FIFA, UEFA to Task Over Testing Rules
[SIZE=-1]Deutsche Welle[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]The chief of the World Anti-Doping Agency has accused FIFA and UEFA of ignoring the reality of doping after the soccer associations rejected tighter drug testing rules. [/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]"One of the key principles of efficient doping control is the surprise effect and the possibility to test an athlete without advance notice on a 365 day basis," the World Anti Doping Agency (WADA) President John Fahey said on Wednesday, March 25, in a statement explaining the rule.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]"Alleging, as FIFA and UEFA do, that testing should only take place at training grounds and not during holiday periods, ignores the reality of doping in sport," Fahey said. "Experience has demonstrated that athletes who cheat seize every opportunity to do so and dope when they believe they won't be tested."[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]FIFA and UEFA have taken issue with the rule implemented in January that requires elite athletes to indicate their whereabouts on a chosen one-hour period every day, seven days a week.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]The soccer bodies have argued that this rule is too invasive, insisting that "the fundamental differences between an individual athlete, who trains on his own... and a team-sport athlete, who is present at the stadium six days out of seven, and thus easy to locate," must be taken into account. [/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]They formally rejected the "whereabouts rule," calling instead for "collective location rules, within the scope of the team."[/SIZE]
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http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,4131490,00.html&cid=1321908524&ei=xKbPSbSAFpKEggPszYCXDQ&usg=AFQjCNH_xXmrRALRYfPlXVudsQFyPeoK-Q
[SIZE=-1]Deutsche Welle[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]The chief of the World Anti-Doping Agency has accused FIFA and UEFA of ignoring the reality of doping after the soccer associations rejected tighter drug testing rules. [/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]"One of the key principles of efficient doping control is the surprise effect and the possibility to test an athlete without advance notice on a 365 day basis," the World Anti Doping Agency (WADA) President John Fahey said on Wednesday, March 25, in a statement explaining the rule.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]"Alleging, as FIFA and UEFA do, that testing should only take place at training grounds and not during holiday periods, ignores the reality of doping in sport," Fahey said. "Experience has demonstrated that athletes who cheat seize every opportunity to do so and dope when they believe they won't be tested."[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]FIFA and UEFA have taken issue with the rule implemented in January that requires elite athletes to indicate their whereabouts on a chosen one-hour period every day, seven days a week.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]The soccer bodies have argued that this rule is too invasive, insisting that "the fundamental differences between an individual athlete, who trains on his own... and a team-sport athlete, who is present at the stadium six days out of seven, and thus easy to locate," must be taken into account. [/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]They formally rejected the "whereabouts rule," calling instead for "collective location rules, within the scope of the team."[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]...[/SIZE]
http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,4131490,00.html&cid=1321908524&ei=xKbPSbSAFpKEggPszYCXDQ&usg=AFQjCNH_xXmrRALRYfPlXVudsQFyPeoK-Q
