All people who use performance enhancing drugs in sport should be banned for life...no exception...The same should go for those who miss a drugs test...or in some cases 2 or even 3. IMO Rio Ferdinand should never have been allowed back onto the football pitch.
It has to be said there are different 'types' of guilt involved in performance enhancing drug offences.
I think missing a drug test and then being banned for life is a bit on the harsh side.
Also often Athletes take drugs by accident, or through ignorance and it is harsh to ban someone for life who is not intentionally trying to cheat.
It is hard to detect peoples intentions in these cases and is the reason that the Governing bodies often hand out bans in between a slap on the wrist and the life-time ban that intentional "cheats" probably deserve.
It has to be said that Dwain Chambers did not knowingly take a Steroid, he was given a "Nutritional Product" by his Nutritionalist coach and ignorantly he did not ask enough questions about it. The product itself, TGH, was a brand new designer product in the grey area of the World anti-doping code and was not on the banned substance list and in fact was only declared a banned drug after Dwain had been taking it.
Chambers is now being pummelled, targeted, stamped on and spat at by 20st gorillas in a sport he knows nothing about because he wants to provide for his family. He wants a fresh start and I for one am prepared to give him one.
Bit of a slur on rugby league there.
20 stone athletes who are big strong and quick through hard work and dtermination not performance enhancing drugs
Very few , if any , Super league players are 20 stones, you simply wouldn't be fit enough. The chances of being stamped on or spat at in Rugby league is 0% or as close as damn it. For spitting and stamping , I suggest Dwain try out at one of the Premiership football clubs.
Not so sure about Rugby League players all having achieved their stature without the aid of steroids though.
I hope if he does play a game for cas (which I highly doubt) its on TV, so I can watch him getting mashed and absolutely pummelled.
League is such a high impact sport he will be eaten alive.
Athletes are incredible human machines, and I dont think the physical side will prove too difficult for Dwain. However he will struggle with the co-ordination/skill and understanding of the sport and this will often lead him to be in positions where he is vulnerable physically and tactically. If he can learn and adapt skills quickly he has a chance, if not he will be unemployed and back on the track by June.
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