Grass Roots

I know my regular readers (all 12 of you) all think I'm insane for my war on the alphabet (USADA, WADA), and you cycling fans (all 2 of you) think I'm barking up the wrong tree, but I honestly think the Anti-doping system is broken and chasing the wrong objectives. The more I learn about them, their standards and absurd lack of respect for their own codes, the more discouraged I get.

Rant Your Head Off has a fantastic summary and action items for those of you who wonder if our Federal tax dollars are being properly spent on the current anti-doping system. I suspect if you did a little digging, you'd discover for yourself that it's, how shall I put this gently . . . it's Borked.

Visit Rant. Talk to your congress critters. Combating doping in sport is an important endeavor. Let's not allow WADA and the USADA keep using arcane, arbitrary punishments and kangaroo court tactics.

Let's face it, for groups that are dedicated to fighting athletes who give themselves an unfair advantage to win, USADA and WADA certainly have given themselves an unfair advantage in order to win their cases.