Is McQuaid waivering?

mtb Dad said:

I ws thinking McQuaid was on the right track until I got to the end of
this article in Cyclingnews.
http://www.cyclingnews.com/news.php?id=news/2006/aug06/aug29news3

He starts off ok, ...

"Could the UCI take action against Rudy Pevenage, Jan Ullrich's mentor,
whose name has figured prominently in the Operation Puerto papers? UCI
president Pat McQuaid does not rule it out. "If we have evidence that a
manager is an accomplice, or even the initiator, then he should be
punished," McQuaid told German Welt magazine. "And this applies to
anyone on a team, if it can be proved that he is involved in doping. If
it turns out to be true that Mr. Pevenage is actively involved in the
case, then we can say: He shouldn't be allowed to work in cycling any
more."

Good so far.

Then he starts to slide.

"McQuaid also said that there will be further procedures against Tyler
Hamilton. "With the new information that we have received, we will
definitely open a a new disciplinary hearing against him. If it can be
established **without a bit of doubt**, then it will be considered a
new, independent doping case, under our rules. That would be his second
and would entail a life ban."

A new standard of guilt?

Then, circle the wagons!

"In addition, he rejected criticism from WADA President Pound that
taking blood tests in the morning allowed riders time to use doping
products before the actual race start. "The blood levels are most
representative in the morning," he said. "We test four or five teams,
about 40 riders. Does Mr. Pound expect us to appoint someone to watch
over all of those riders from seven in the morning to the start at 11?
Who will organise that, who will pay for it? What do we do with the
other 160 riders? When an athlete wants to, he will find a few seconds
to dope. We can't be big brother and constantly watch the athletes."

He falls firmly into VerDRUGgen mode. Even though it is evident riders
are blood doping after the early morning vampire checks (with 30
minutes warning to dilute their blood), McQuaid rejects the criticism.
Just like that. C'mon Pat. Even if you can't do it, acknowledge it is
an issue. Sheesh.

McQualude was handpicked by the GODFATHER himself, Verbruggen.
McQualude is the biggest [censored] artist in the sport. No wonder why
Pound makes fun of the UCI, often comparing the organization to an
alcoholic in denial.

The key to what McQualude said is he's dumping all the disciplinary
action off to national federations. This is the slight of hand of an
accomplished magician. You know, the same federations that make their
money from these very same athletes. Och practically sleeps with
Hamilton and the Phonak team and now he's going to decide his fate?
PUH-LEEZ.

I'm sure Track & Field and Major League Baseball would have gotten to
the bottom of the BALCO scandal had they "investigated" it instead of
the feds and USADA - yeah right.

This whole thing is just going to be swept under the rug, you watch.

Take care,

Magilla

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MagillaGorilla said:

mtb Dad said:

I ws thinking McQuaid was on the right track until I got to the end of
this article in Cyclingnews.
http://www.cyclingnews.com/news.php?id=news/2006/aug06/aug29news3

He starts off ok, ...

"Could the UCI take action against Rudy Pevenage, Jan Ullrich's mentor,
whose name has figured prominently in the Operation Puerto papers? UCI
president Pat McQuaid does not rule it out. "If we have evidence that a
manager is an accomplice, or even the initiator, then he should be
punished," McQuaid told German Welt magazine. "And this applies to
anyone on a team, if it can be proved that he is involved in doping. If
it turns out to be true that Mr. Pevenage is actively involved in the
case, then we can say: He shouldn't be allowed to work in cycling any
more."

Good so far.

Then he starts to slide.

"McQuaid also said that there will be further procedures against Tyler
Hamilton. "With the new information that we have received, we will
definitely open a a new disciplinary hearing against him. If it can be
established **without a bit of doubt**, then it will be considered a
new, independent doping case, under our rules. That would be his second
and would entail a life ban."

A new standard of guilt?

Then, circle the wagons!

"In addition, he rejected criticism from WADA President Pound that
taking blood tests in the morning allowed riders time to use doping
products before the actual race start. "The blood levels are most
representative in the morning," he said. "We test four or five teams,
about 40 riders. Does Mr. Pound expect us to appoint someone to watch
over all of those riders from seven in the morning to the start at 11?
Who will organise that, who will pay for it? What do we do with the
other 160 riders? When an athlete wants to, he will find a few seconds
to dope. We can't be big brother and constantly watch the athletes."

He falls firmly into VerDRUGgen mode. Even though it is evident riders
are blood doping after the early morning vampire checks (with 30
minutes warning to dilute their blood), McQuaid rejects the criticism.
Just like that. C'mon Pat. Even if you can't do it, acknowledge it is
an issue. Sheesh.

McQualude was handpicked by the GODFATHER himself, Verbruggen.
McQualude is the biggest [censored] artist in the sport. No wonder why
Pound makes fun of the UCI, often comparing the organization to an
alcoholic in denial.

The key to what McQualude said is he's dumping all the disciplinary
action off to national federations. This is the slight of hand of an
accomplished magician. You know, the same federations that make their
money from these very same athletes. Och practically sleeps with
Hamilton and the Phonak team and now he's going to decide his fate?
PUH-LEEZ.

I'm sure Track & Field and Major League Baseball would have gotten to
the bottom of the BALCO scandal had they "investigated" it instead of
the feds and USADA - yeah right.

This whole thing is just going to be swept under the rug, you watch.

sleight of hand

Sleight (?), n. [OE. sleighte, sleihte, sleithe, Icel. slg
(for slg) slyness, cunning, fr. slgr (for slgr) sly,
cunning. See Sly.]

1. Cunning; craft; artful practice. [Obs.] His sleight and
his covin." Chaucer.

2. An artful trick; sly artifice; a feat so dexterous that
the manner of performance escapes observation.
The world hath many subtle sleights. Latimer.

3. Dexterous practice; dexterity; skill. Chaucer. The
juggler's sleight." Hudibras. Sleight of hand,
legerdemain; prestidigitation.

--
Michael Press