GAA players preferential anti doping treatment

12 sprocket

Why are the GAA players treated differently than other Irish athletes who are in the Irish Sports councils anti doping programme. See a quote below from a report in todays Irish independent.

"And while GAA players are only tested in-competition or at squad training sessions, this will again raise questions"

Every other Irish athlete can get the knock on their door where they live but theres an agreement that this wont happen with GAA players...

I personally know an athlete who had a visit from the testers in his home the night before a major exam while he was studying and had them sitting with him for an hour or more until he produced his sample.
No danger of this experience for a GAA player!
Hardly fair, is it?

niceonetom

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=269

hardCopy

I could maybe understand if it was because it's an amateur sport and they don't want to disrupt players careers but other amateur sports are subjected to full testing. There's also plenty of professional sports that don't pay a liveable wage so why should GAA players be treated differently?

elduggo

hardCopy wrote: »

There's also plenty of professional sports that don't pay a liveable wage so why should GAA players be treated differently?

professional sports that don't pay a liveable wage? Such as?

what nonsense.

iDave

Why not pose your question in the GAA forum where GAA members can answer your questions instead of hiding your little rant here.

elduggo

iDave wrote: »

Why not pose your question in the GAA forum where GAA members can answer your questions instead of hiding your little rant here.

I'm a GAA member. I'll happily answer it.

When theres something to answer.

12 sprocket

iDave wrote: »

Why not pose your question in the GAA forum where GAA members can answer your questions instead of hiding your little rant here.

I didnt mean it as a rant. I meant it as a serious question as to why should a cyclist or runner have to accept the dope testers turning up at their house while GAA players don't?

whether a GAA player cyclist or whatever sport they are all humans competing in sport and are subject to the same temptations or even liability to make mistakes injesting dodgy supplements. so they should all be treated equally in regards to testing.

elduggo

12 sprocket wrote: »

I didnt mean it as a rant. I meant it as a serious question as to why should a cyclist or runner have to accept the dope testers turning up at their house while GAA players don't?

whether a GAA player cyclist or whatever sport they are all humans competing in sport and are subject to the same temptations or even liability to make mistakes injesting dodgy supplements. so they should all be treated equally in regards to testing.

no they shouldn't. GAA sports are amateur sports.

Cycling and athletics are not. GAA players do not receive Irish Sports Councill grants. Cyclists and athletes do.

The GAA do not even really need to partake in any way in any drugs testing programme. They should be applauded for the fact that they do.

hardCopy

elduggo wrote: »

professional sports that don't pay a liveable wage? Such as?

what nonsense.

Semi-professional would probably be a better term, lots of athletes in lots of sports work part-time as coaches, personal trainers, physios etc.

Being paid to play does not mean you have no other day to day commitments.

Cookie_Monster

Because they don't consider it that important (as a sport) maybe?

No pro, non international, no real implications if they are on drugs

elduggo

hardCopy wrote: »

Semi-professional would probably be a better term, lots of athletes in lots of sports work part-time as coaches, personal trainers, physios etc.

Being paid to play does not mean you have no other day to day commitments.

sorry, what sports are we talking about here? I don't think you've mentioned yet.

Captain Havoc

This has nothing to do with cycling. Closed