Drug chief says IAAF, IOC should ban USA Track
You know, technically, the problem is that USA Track and Field is absolutely correct. Both state and federal law pretty much absolutely prohibit the release of this information, absent a specific waiver. (Which I would imagine that USATF has very thoughtfully refused to provide to their athletes.)
Of course, should IAAF decide to kick USATF out of the federation -- thus making every single US track and field athlete ineligible for international competition, and revoking the certification of all international meets held in the US -- I'd imagine that you'd have athletes screaming to be allowed to sign waivers to release the information. (Except for the ones who'd already been found guilty, who would be notably reluctant.) You'd also have foreign track promoters screaming at the IAAF for robbing them of many of their principal attractions. (Europeans actually watch track meets in non-Summer-Olympic years. Weird.) It'll be interesting to see who blinks first in that case. It's in USATF's interest to wait the IAAF out, but I don't know that they will.
Posted by iain at February 04, 2002 06:14 PMComments