more chelsea corruption

[Tom]

Chelsea were fined £40,000 last month for breaching the doping regulations by conducting their own tests.

[Resu]

I find it strange you can`t do your own tests.
Could this have something to do with the Mutu case?

[Paul.S]

You could cover for your own players, surely it needs to be independant.


I'm sure that'll hit Roman hard.... That fine means he can only fill his fuel tanks on his boats about half way....

[Maestro]

I don't get fining as a deterrent. Makes no sense.

[Resu]

Lets say you can`t use it in defense of your own players, but you still want to take the test. Why can`t you? Isn`t there a lot of companys doing drugs tests on employees?

[Rich]

I think the problem is that if a chelsea player shows drugs in his system at a chelsea drug test - then chelsea can take private steps to ensure that it is not known to the public. Which is against regulations, as all drug takers should be known to the governing body...

[5aq1b]

I think the problem is that if a chelsea player shows drugs in his system at a chelsea drug test - then chelsea can take private steps to ensure that it is not known to the public. Which is against regulations, as all drug takers should be known to the governing body...

They're all a bunch of cnuts anyway!

[Neil Young]

They're all a bunch of cnuts anyway!

A compelling argument I think we'd all agree.

[paulcooper4]

A compelling argument I think we'd all agree.

agreed

[Tom]

I find it strange you can`t do your own tests.
Could this have something to do with the Mutu case?

no disrespect - but that comes over a bit naive.

[desertscouser]

I don't get fining as a deterrent. Makes no sense.

I agree. They should be stripped bare and beaten with bamboo sticks.

[Tom]

I think the problem is that if a chelsea player shows drugs in his system at a chelsea drug test - then chelsea can take private steps to ensure that it is not known to the public. Which is against regulations, as all drug takers should be known to the governing body...

This is about performance enhancing drugs too. I bet footie is full of them....

remember was it juventus or one of the milan teams that got done for this a few years back.

[Resu]

no disrespect - but that comes over a bit naive.

How come?
What I meant was that there was romours that the FA (or whoever performs the tests) found out about the Chelski test during the Mutu case. The word was the they wanted Mutu of the books, knew he did drugs and "volunteered" (sp?) him for a test.
It could be illegal to force tests on emplyees on the UK, I just know they are common in the US.

[Tom]

It's a sport, sporting regulations follow not normal employee law - hennce the fine.

This isn't about recreational drugs anyhow, it's about performance enhancing drugs and in particular a practice whereby chelsea have been "changing the blood" of their players to increase stamina. The inference is that the club are doping the players.

[Resu]

It's a sport, sporting regulations follow not normal employee law - hennce the fine.

This isn't about recreational drugs anyhow, it's about performance enhancing drugs and in particular a practice whereby chelsea have been "changing the blood" of their players to increase stamina. The inference is that the club are doping the players.

Ahhh, I remember the case now.
They used fresh blood so injuries would heal faster. It was kind of a borderline case. That`s probably why the punishment wasn`t harder.