Doping in other sports

[HF2300]

Just cheesed off with her funding being cut on top of a difficult year with her ankle injury, I suspect. She's pulled that tweet now, it seems.

 

[400bhp]

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A dig at others who gained UK Athletics funding or just in general?

I note on the list there are some who have earned a pretty penny from track and TV advertising....

Hmmm, reading between the lines she's commenting on some British athletes she strongly suspects of cheating.

 

[albion]

Reads like 'Wot, no sick pay!' .

Stupid girl.

 

[HF2300]

That's a bit harsh, isn't it?

 

[oldroadman]

Only one side of the matter, perhaps she had targets on which funding depended, didn't respond to treatment for an injury, who knows? In the end funding is public money, national bodies are accountable, and results count. Decisions can be tough but get made. Recall Mr Brailsford's mantra "compassionate ruthlessness". Which is how GB CT operates, and who is to say they are wrong?

 

[Bobby Mhor]

Only one side of the matter, perhaps she had targets on which funding depended, didn't respond to treatment for an injury, who knows? In the end funding is public money, national bodies are accountable, and results count. Decisions can be tough but get made. Recall Mr Brailsford's mantra "compassionate ruthlessness". Which is how GB CT operates, and who is to say they are wrong?

Agreed, but why do they keep throwing money at the Ennis girl and Mo Farah who obviously aren't doing adverts etc for nothing..
surely their money could be spent with other more deserving athletes?

 

[oldroadman]

Agreed, but why do they keep throwing money at the Ennis girl and Mo Farah who obviously aren't doing adverts etc for nothing..
surely their money could be spent with other more deserving athletes?

How does anyone outside UK Athletics know if these people are actually being paid from public money? It could be that their commercial earnings are such that they would only get paid centrally for events they have committed to represent GB. I think I read somewhere that funding diminishes on a sliding scale according to declared earnings. certainly any of the competitors in the track and field "Diamond League" and other big events around the world are not there without a good financial contract.

 

[Bobby Mhor]

How does anyone outside UK Athletics know if these people are actually being paid from public money? It could be that their commercial earnings are such that they would only get paid centrally for events they have committed to represent GB. I think I read somewhere that funding diminishes on a sliding scale according to declared earnings. certainly any of the competitors in the track and field "Diamond League" and other big events around the world are not there without a good financial contract.

I'm with your point..
There is masses of moolah to be made in athletics but I'm sure there has to be some point to say...no.
an old workmate had been the Scottish champ in his discipline for a long spell and found he could not compete with certain athletes due to payments (and I'm going well back)but once he qualified for IAAF events, he could travel world wide on the expenses paid to him..sadly he couldn't get time off work..

 

[rich p]

First place DQed and the runner up is already banned!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/athletics/34873287

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

First place DQed and the runner up is already banned!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/athletics/34873287

Quite handy being the VP of the organisation tasked with investigating you.

 

[rich p]

Quite handy being the VP of the organisation tasked with investigating you.

I know, you couldn't make it up!

 

[lyn1]

How does anyone outside UK Athletics know if these people are actually being paid from public money? It could be that their commercial earnings are such that they would only get paid centrally for events they have committed to represent GB. I think I read somewhere that funding diminishes on a sliding scale according to declared earnings. certainly any of the competitors in the track and field "Diamond League" and other big events around the world are not there without a good financial contract.

Yes that's correct. I doubt any of the top performers in mainstream professional sports get anything. Once their income plus performance award combined totals £65k they lose funding on a £ for £ basis.

 

[Crackle]

Welsh Rugby has 'off the scale steroid abuse' at grassroots level

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-34902105

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

Welsh Rugby has 'off the scale steroid abuse' at grassroots level

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-34902105

"But WRU chief Martyn Phillips is not "overly concerned" because the number tested is proportionately higher than in other rugby unions and sports"

How the feck do these tools manage to get into positions of power?

 

[Crackle]

"But WRU chief Martyn Phillips is not "overly concerned" because the number tested is proportionately higher than in other rugby unions and sports"

How the feck do these tools manage to get into positions of power?

Yep, I noted that sentence with some incredulity.

In more news, Tyson Fury reckons that boxing has a big problem with drugs too. Seems like everyone wants to speak on this issue now.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/boxing/34906044