tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6581586488456314302.post8429895416209844847..comments2023-12-08T00:05:03.649-07:00Comments on FraudBytes: Doper Di Luca Shunned by the Tour of ItalyAaronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10138733175602274983noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6581586488456314302.post-37297388609146886002010-11-01T16:42:10.905-06:002010-11-01T16:42:10.905-06:00I just read this comment from Pat McQuaid of the U...I just read this comment from Pat McQuaid of the UCI. I think it's laughable.<br /><br />“I’m increasingly going for four years because two years is very quick,” McQuaid said of doping bans. “An athlete returns to the peleton very quick. I think it’s unfair to the clean athletes that guys who have cheated in premeditated cheating can come back so quickly.”<br /><br />What exactly is non-premeditated cheating? Is he referring to what is happening with Alberto Contador? Next time I am caught committing fraud, I'll ask for a lighter punishment because my fraud isn't premeditated. <br /><br />I am sensitive to the fact that in cases where there is a higher degree of uncertainty about the results of the tests, that it would be wise to be judicious in doling out punishment. However, to say in these cases that cheating isn't premeditated because the detection system's results leave some doubt, I believe is crazy. If you are doping in cycling, it's premeditated. End of story.Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13553648173369974101noreply@blogger.com