They wouldn't, they would just let him take other substances that would improve his performance without being detected. So since the very act of taking them makes it impossible to determine whether you're taking true PEDs, legally and morally they should be treated equivalently.
Beaten for pace
I feel like its not about 'ball tampering' any more or the consequences attached to it. General public reading the headlines will feel like these guys cheated at national level representing their country thus the extreme backlash maybe
It's sort of like the Patriots inflated balls scandal.
This is exactly it. Australians above all want a good, fair contest. Cheating is what losers do and the national cricket team aren't losers, not even in the 80s nadir. Not until now.
Test cricketers/American ***ual harassers thread;
That's true, but none of the drugs it could mask would enhance a leg spinner's performance either. A uniform list of substances for all sports may not necessarily explain why they need to be banned for an individual game like cricket. Plus warne is vain and that was always the most likely reason he took it.
Couldn’t it strengthen your shoulder? That’d help with longevity surely.
Idk. But then its performance enabling isn't it?
At one point I remember chess was trying to get some kind of international recognition or something and had to incorporate drug testing as a formality. There was a Ukrainian player who was furious after losing a match on a blunder and refused to take the test out of anger. Wound up with like a two year suspension or something
for chess!
The best thing about this for me atleast is that it shows me once and for all that this was a myth that people in Australia actually bought into.
Where do you get the information on what substances that diuretic can or cannot mask?
If he was using some form of anabolic steroid it could potentially help recovery but I really don't see how any banned substances could help Warne's cricketing performance. If he did take anything it would be something like clenbuterol for weight loss, for purely aesthetic reasons. Not really cricket related.
I’m pretty much 100% with you that it was just the antics of a vain moron trying to look good for the hairy backed sheilas- but you can’t know that so you have to go by the book in my opinion. Even if it’s takihg drugs to extend the career that’s still clearly not a level playing field.
Wasn't he struggling with an injury/fitness concerns at the same time? Like, the losing weight was a response to that was it not? It wasn't purely aesthetics.
Warne was injured and made miraculous comeback from a shoulder injury that would have kept him out for months. It also coincided with a period where every Major League baseballer was dabbling in HGH and steroids.
