[Pound questioned the UCI's willingness to fully investigate L'Equipe's allegations and wondered whether the cycling body was merely looking for a] scapegoat. We're waiting to see whether they have a commitment to get at the truth and the whole truth before we decide to participate further in the investigation, ... If one of the issues that the UCI wants to explore is how some of this information became public, that's fine. But we're not prepared to sit by and participate in an investigation that focuses only on how the information became public. |
A lot of members were fed up with the attitude of Major League Baseball, ... That wasn't so of softball, but unfortunately, I think many members linked them together. With the baseball people, frankly, I think the members felt if it doesn't mean enough to you to want to come to the Games and if it doesn't mean enough to develop an honest doping policy, then don't come. |
All this cheating goes on under the supposedly watchful eyes of cycling officials, who loudly proclaim that their sport is drug-free and committed to remaining so. Based on performance, they should not be allowed outdoors without white canes and seeing-eye dogs. |
because they ate mom's oatmeal porridge. |
But when you get lawyers involved that takes time. We are looking at ways to shorten that. |
By testing players only at training it gives them the chance to get away with drug use. |
Clearly, they're hoping that by doing this, they can avoid the federal government coming in and telling them how to run their business, |
Color me optimistic. I'm cynical about the fact that there will be people trying to use it but hopeful that there will be tests. |
conduct of this type will not be tolerated. |
Drug use, within entire teams continues unabated. It is planned and deliberate cheating, with complex methods, sophisticated substances and techniques, and the active complicity of doctors, scientists, team officials and riders. There is nothing accidental about it. |
Either they're going to get on the [anti-doping] page internationally or they're not. And it appears they are not. |
Even before we announce the results of our inquiry, ... we'd like to express our sincere apologies for the actions of certain IOC members. Their conduct has been completely contrary to everything the Olympic movement has worked so hard to represent. |
Everybody knew that there would be more testing. The federations did more pre-Games testing and all that had an effect. |
Everybody knows over a period of six, seven or eight years, with inflation those numbers won't be the same, but the IOC likes to compare numbers on a level playing field. This is not so much an over-run as what you might expect in the ordinary course. |
Finally a stake has been driven through the heart of the preposterous argument that you have to have a doping infraction by producing an analytical positive doping test. |