Re: The Action Continues.......
evidence....what evidence?....
the evidence was
Intikhab tribunal claims:
1. Shoaib used over the counter supplements without permission
2. He was told about the policies and signed on the contract containing the WADA policy.
3. Asif lives in a village and can't speak "the angrezi" and he took the supplement without permission
Shoaib and Asif claim:
1. Our team trainer knew of the supplements we were taking
2. We were not officially told of the policy
3. Supplements were not a banned item from WADA or PCB.
Although I have no sympathy for Shoaib, I still feel that the "first" decision was a big joke. The statements released from the tribunal had a "pompous" air and sounded extremely condescending.
Although parts of the statements from Shoaib fueled the comments on his personal life, they were still really unprofessional and not up to par with the likes of a cricket board.
As for the "second" and new decision, untill we see a statement clarifying the reasoning for it, it really appears to be a "clean up" job where the new tribunal is trying to sweep the mistakes of the earlier tribunal under the rug and giving benefit of doubt to both Asif and Shoaib which was probably due to them.