The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is pursuing a high risk strategy in its refusal to adopt the World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) code, and its support of its leading players who apparently don’t like the idea of being held fully accountable for what’s inside them all of the time.
It’s hubristic to say the least for India’s top players, Mahendra Dhoni, Yuvraj Singh and co to claim their security and human rights are more threatened by the demands of the whereabouts system than say Tiger Woods or Roger Federer. Golf and Tennis, however reluctantly, have seen the arguments for a common anti-doping system, and have signed their sports and top players up to it.
To have to give your whereabouts for an hour a day, 365 days a year strikes me as being a reasonable request given the sums of money India’s cricketers earn, the example they’re supposed to set for their nation’s youth, and the bigger picture of sport accepting collective responsibility for sending out a strong message about drug taking and cheating.
Please understand the entire context before you make such comments. The fact that Tiger Woods and the like have agreed to the system does not mean that the system is fool proof and does not require modifications.
The code states that an International Registered Testing Pool (IRTP) of players must be created, to nominate them for random testing, based on their ICC Images ] rankings. Players from the pool have to inform the ICC at the beginning of every quarter (three-month period) of the year, a location and time that they will be available for an hour each day in that quarter for testing.
Football, even though it is an Olympic sport, has refused to comply with the ruling. FIFA the ruling body, has proposed to WADA that only players they deem high-risk should be part of the 'whereabouts' clause.
Even top tennis stars like Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal have expressed reservations about the controversial clause, as they are not in favour of disclosing their availability at all times.
Do you think it is reasonable. Just because everybody else is doing that , it does not mean that the cricketers have to simply follow them. They have raised a genuine concern and I personally feel it is right.
^ If they have nothing to hide why are they resisting it.
How hard it's to understand and how many times you want people to write same thing.. Following reaons are behind their protest
(1) Indian cricketers move under heavy security thanks to some peace loving prganizatiosn threat to their lives.
(2)Complet security demands that there whereabouts remain unknown to others
(3)They claim hardly for coule of months they get break from non-stop cricket and want that time to be spent in privacy
(4) they have no problmes with whereabout clause when they are on tour
FIFA too has not agreed on all the regulations of WADA.. Other cricketers one by one are agreeing. Aussi cricketers are throwing their lot wiht indian.. Why they could not put their foto down well may be they are feeble and have herd mentality.
Point to note is that no indian cricketr have ever been found to fail drug test and they certainly do not need lectures from those who have bene found guilty of druge abuse in past..
Our record is blemishless and none can point finger at us....
^ No, the issue in invasion of privacy. Why are whereabouts important for clean sport ?
On the broader question. WADA is the result of Olympic doping scandals and not necessarily the best option for cricket. Why can't the ICC, BCCI and other cricketing bodies formulate a dope testing norm that is better suited to cricket and ensure regular testing to keep the sport free of dope-criminals?
^ So are you saying that ICC will divulge there whereabouts. These excuses are laughable.
ICC doesnt mean single guy ICC means whole organization many people are involved and in such scenario information leak is not that unlikely .. given how issues that should not be revealed by ICC keeps getting into media before time tells me this is no laughign matter.. it's matter of life and death..
Fact remains India players have had nothign but exemplary record on matters of drug abuse in past and they have no issues there .. it's worry for those who have been habitual offenders.. We have other issues and have expressed it in no uncertain terms..
^ No, the issue in invasion of privacy. Why are whereabouts important for clean sport ?
On the broader question. WADA is the result of Olympic doping scandals and not necessarily the best option for cricket. Why can't the ICC, BCCI and other cricketing bodies formulate a dope testing norm that is better suited to cricket and ensure regular testing to keep the sport free of dope-criminals?
relevance of WADa becomes important if we want 20/20 format of cricket to be included in olympics and common wealth games.. Beyond that it's meaningless
This law is plain intrusive. The Indian players are standing up to it because they have the financial muscle to do so. The players from other countries have no means to stand up to WADA's bullying. So they sign up meekly.
This law may result in players from India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka or Bangladesh who are lax in following rules and regulations to be debarred for reasons other than to do with cricket or drugs. The Indian players most probably will end up hiring personal assistants who run around the players updating their schedules 24*7*365.
Just becauuse others have signed an agreement,Indians need not follow it.BCCI need to stand up and tell ICC ,No it is not possible ,if it undermines the safety of it's players.SIMPLE.
