No Sport, of any importance, wants to accept any outside interference which would infringe in its already acquired management rights.
No Sport, either on a National Level or on an International Level relishes the thought that effective drug controls could, with a lifetime ban, punish a "star" performer, albeit that the performer has cheated to win, to become rich and in the process has destroyed the ambitions of non-cheating competitors !
Regularly, since Lance Armstrong was stripped of his wins in the Tour de France, other revelations in other sports, Athletics for example, have come to light, have been reported, years after suspected drug abuses had been discovered !
No one who was involved, cheats, trainers, doctors, agents, sponsors, sports administrators, wanted their reputations sullied before their retirements ! They all wanted to keep their ill-gotten gains !
That is why no sport really wants to banish "drugs" and to lead the way !
Another even bigger reason is that the problem of controlling drugs in sport needs the help of a World Organization which is accepted and supported with standardised legislation by all countries. Non adherent countries should simply be excluded from all international competitions !
Such an international body does not at present exist. Lord Coe is a well respected former athlete and could with the help of prominent World Personalities find a way out of the present impasse.
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