NEVADA COMMISSION AND WORLD ANTI DOPING AGENCY SOFT STANCE IS RIDICULOUS
The reputation of UFC Sport has been dealt a heavy blow, after it emerged that light heavyweight champion, Jon Jones failed a drug test, albeit out of competition. Jones who decisively crushed Daniel Cornier in five rounds at the MGM garden admitted he was seeking rehabilitation after the shameful revelation. The random drug test conducted by the Nevada Commission on December 4 revealed traces of beneliglycogen – a metabolic in Cocain- yet the Nevada Athletic Commission allowed him to still contest because the World Anti Doping Agency implicitly permits the use of banned substances outside competition.
This avowedly shameful state of affairs reflects badly on the organisation that ostensibly ensure fairness by safeguarding UFC fighters from drug cheats who may gain an advantage by using such performance enhancing drug substances. It also begs the question about the integrity of both of the Nevada Commission and the World Anti Doping Agency, both of whom ought to know that several athletes in various sports have lost pay cheques and been banned for using even recreational drugs. The shamed fighter who until the shocking revelation was lauded by fans and observers alike had apparently passed a subsequent drugs test just before the fight , and this cleared him to fight. Such reasoning on the part of the powers that be is patently flawed and smacks not only of ignorance and indiscretion, but also of recklessness to the health and safety of those fighters who abide by the rules as is expected of every honorable and dignified sportsman. In a popular contact sport characterized by brutality with limited restrictions in comparison to the sport of boxing which has somewhat been trailing in popularity, better foresight by the commission and anti-doping authorities would not go amiss.
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Several UFC fighters took to twitter to express their repulsion on the events that had unfolded in the sport they toil so hard to succeed in. Jones released a press statement saying:
With the support of my family, I have entered a drug treatment facility. I want to apologize to the UFC, my coaches, my sponsors, and equally important, my fans. I am taking this treatment program seriously. At this time my family,and I would appreciate privacy.
As a public figure, Jones has no right to privacy on matters of public interest. He should have considered all the negative ramifications his dishonest indulgence in drug taking could have on his family. Jones, the son of a pastor, is not the first UFC fighter or sportsman to test positive for drug,but this does not reduce the levity of his shamed conduct. Unless the Nevada Commission and the World Anti Doping Agency can demonstrate that the banned drug substance found in Jones could not possibly have influenced his performance on the grounds that he later passed the second test conducted, they have simply set a very bad precedent for the governing bodies, which eye of media hope they would not emulate. Jones victory and status as champion stays in tact, but his reputation is surely in tartars.
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