Is VADA too strict?

[ykdadamaja]

Is it? It seems as if these tests are very, VERY hard to beat. All athletes need supplements. But, in Luis Ortiz's case, if the case can be made that he was taking blood pressure medicine- yea, I know, a stretch...but...- then how many other things that people take and eat regularly that may be on a banned list, or a concoction of LEGIT supplements can turn into a banned substance in the system?!

I think the PED issue is a real issue, but only for the fighter who takes anabolic steroids and synthetic steroids. But, guys who take legit medicines and/or supplements that are NATURAL, then what are we to say??

[GaMo]

How can you be too strict? Don’t cheat and you’ll be fine! Cheaters should be exposed and I don’t believe Ortiz bull shit excuses.

[Master]

They are not strict enough. Life ban for people caught willfully cheating and criminal prosecution for assault with a deadly weapon.

[imp]

How can you be too strict? Don’t cheat and you’ll be fine! Cheaters should be exposed and I don’t believe Ortiz bull shit excuses.

Best post you ever made.

There not strict enough...too many supplements if you ask me.

[Spicoli]

No. Ortiz didn't help himself having a track record either.

[ykdadamaja]

But some of these drugs and supplements can be found in almost anything?! Who is to say a 30 plus year old man can't have high blood pressure? Not that it is what Ortiz did, but why on earth are some of these banned anyway?! Some of them have no negative side effects and are just banned substances for being banned sake?!

I think the medical world is caught up in a trade war between Russia, USA and Europe. Just like with certain foods, drinks you cannot import or export into either said country because of this, that and the third.

WADA has substances on their list that aere banned- like the meldonium caught in Povetkin's sample that threw off his fight with Wilder- but are not banned by the USA or VADA. With VADA being totally different from WADA and with that both of them different from US standards.

It's too much goepolitics in this shit.

[ykdadamaja]

People assume VADA to be the standard because Floyd popularized it against Manny, when VADA and the other doping agencies may just be a good PR gimick. Floyd himself has tested POSITIVE for diuretics- the same stuff you use to increase urine to help mask other doping agents.