Track Keeps Banning Drug Cheats. It Worries That Other Sports Are Not.
Briefly

The most immediate consequence has been to create the impression that track has a serious doping problem... catching athletes who break the rules is the point.
I would be much more concerned to be a fan of other sports that don't have any doping cases... Having no cases doesn't mean no doping.
A string of investigations and suspensions in a sport with a well-documented doping history is not a cause for concern, but an inherent contradiction: to restore his sport's reputation, besmirch it even more.
Mr. Clothier... publicly questioning whether the current global antidoping system can ever fully eradicate drug cheats... Each sport is left to arrange its own antidoping procedures.
Read at www.nytimes.com
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