[igetbadbeat]

to dannyocean and thremp...I already anticipated your replies LONG LONG AGO. Read my previous post where I openly state "If you don't know exactly whats going on with tests, you don't have a clue".


The whole point about science is that these tests were created in the past such that some 99% or high % of people testing positive were on the drugs, unfortunately it is not a great test anymore because of how far Nutritional technology has come.

If sherk used a banned substance, I beleive he should be penalized. If sherk did not, I beleive he should not. Here's hte problem...

They don't test you if you used or not, they test you if you show up positive or not. There is a difference. Dannyocean feels no sympathy for Sherk because he doesn't understand what supplements are...I had a huge thread going on sherdog explaining supplementation and was getting a ton of PMs asking for advice and let me just break it down like this...Hemp bread is a supplement, Orange juice is a supplement, Dextrose is a supplement...Sherk should NOT be penalized if the positive test came up without him taking the banned substance...END OF STORY. If you want to do that, why not penalize people who's genetics naturally make them have more testosterone than everyone else? Do you think that's fair? Because perhaps that is EXACTLY WHAT IS HAPPENING. If the whole point of banning steroids is to even the playing field, do we want to exclude those who are genetically gifted?

IMO, as the law is now. If you use BANNED substances you are guilty, if you do not, you are fine. Companies that put banned substances in their supplements and do not indicate so on their label(IE Nitro-tech in the past) should pay the fine...if an athelete is suspended do to this, I beleive the suspension SHOULD stand, but the athlete will then sue the supplement company for extreme damages (millions of dollars).

In baseball if hte coaches are giving their team BANNED SUBSTANCES without their knowledge, I beleive the same thing should occur. Not knowing a substance is BANNED and using it on your own however is a different story. That is what "ignorance is not an excuse" is about.

Finally, I beleive they should simply create better testing methods for banned substances, sometimes the reason such tests don't exist is because of lack of research, other times it is because it is impossible. There is a reason you can snort coke and never be caught if you are tested a week later.

Anyway this is totally off topic but I really hate when people are judgemental without being properly informed. But I guess that's what we make our living off of...fools who beleive their judgement is right and put their money on it. LoL