WADA World in Madrid

Off goes the WADA world to Madrid to revise the anti-doping code. The good old boy network wants to make sure that the pesky old "B" confirmation tests vanish from planet Earth. The "B" tests sure have made life rough, what with Tyler Hamilton keeping his cycling time trial Olympic gold medal when the lab froze his "B" blood sample. Hamilton was accused of blood doping and he tested positive on the "A" sample, but the "B" blood was useless for testing purposes. A stupid, foolish error made by a simple minded lab tech.

But WADA accredited labs make many foolish errors especially on "B" tests. Back in the day when the arbitration hearings were secret and formulaic, WADA could hide mistakes and the athlete had neither the legal expertise or monetary resources to expose or contest these errors. However, Floyd Landis changed the climate by showing the world his lab results, and he shocked the world. LNDD's lab practices would not have been accepted by a high school lab much less a lab that dealt with forensic evidence of a doping offense.

WADA has a clear goal. Return to the good old days of hiding lab mistakes, make an effort to argue with WADA hopeless, give athletes no option but to surrender, win all cases.

USADA will never be in jeporady of losing another case, the record will forever be perfect.

The WADA code will be revised not to improve WADA testing methods or to clarify WADA ISL, IST, or Technical Document requirements in order to protect athlete due process rights, or to standardize WADA labs to ensure "fair play." No the object will be to convict all athletes who test positive for a banned substance, without the evidence being contested. False positives, lab errors, sabotage, or incompetence by WADA accredited labs be damned.