WMA burns money on spiffy anti-doping brochure but not site

Reminder to be good.

I have no clue whether World Masters Athletics is using your entry money to flog its tired, old antidoping crusade. But for what it’s worth, here’s what WMA wants you to know. Basically, in six languages, our world governing body wants you to know your rights and responsibilities when someone taps you on a shoulder for a urine test. Of course, this happens to such a tiny fraction of athletes it’s not worth worrying about. But Germany’s Dieter Massin, continuing to exorcise the ghosts of the former East German Doping Machine, gets to have his fun. (He’s head of WMA Anti-Doping Committee.) Bu when will WMA do something about its tired, old website? Suggestion: Put athletes on it. Photos, profiles, interviews would be nice.

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September 3, 2012

2 Responses

  1. Stefan Waltermann - September 4, 2012

    Actually, the problem must be much larger than we ever thought possible. Right next to the article taking on Ken Stone’s old nemesis Dieter Massin, I find an ad featuring Drug Rehab and Substance Abuse Treatment Programs.

  2. Anthony Treacher - September 9, 2012

    WMA should also make an equivalent effort to clarify other – non-drug related – issues of rights and responsibilities of athletes and athletics officers, for instance concerning bypassing the Call Room at a WMA World Championships and the record of its own WMA officers, particularly present WMA Secretary Winston Thomas,on that subject.

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