Butch Reynolds ’92 All Over Again?

[26mi235]

I've never quite understood the ridiculous concept of "contamination".

Change a few letters tamination -> trol.

[AthleticsInBritain]

I've never quite understood the ridiculous concept of "contamination".

Change a few letters tamination -> trol.

I see your point, but I've never knew there was such a principle. Maybe it goes back to those early pro/am days where they weren't allowed to compete against each other?

Ridiculous really, as the other athletes have no control over who's in the lane next to them. In an ideal world, the athletes could refuse to compete against people, but why should they have to give up their chances of making the team for someone who shouldn't really be running there?

[EPelle]

I've never quite understood the ridiculous concept of "contamination".

Change a few letters tamination -> trol.

? I am clueless.

[tandfman]

It took me a moment to figure it out. I think what he means is if you keep the prefix "con" and replace "tamination" with "trol," you get "control." It appears he's making a political point here. If I've deciphered this incorrectly, just add me to the clueless crew.

[26mi235]

I've never quite understood the ridiculous concept of "contamination".

Change a few letters tamination -> trol.

I see your point, but I've never knew there was such a principle. Maybe it goes back to those early pro/am days where they weren't allowed to compete against each other?

Ridiculous really, as the other athletes have no control over who's in the lane next to them. In an ideal world, the athletes could refuse to compete against people, but why should they have to give up their chances of making the team for someone who shouldn't really be running there?

The contamination rule allows the 'authorities' to have control. It allows them to leverage control of some events to those that they would not otherwise be able to control by keeping athletes from being able to compete with others. The AAU did it and so have other ruling bodies.

[dcunited]

... taken from the OT issue of T&FN:
... Stay tuned for the next exciting chapter!

Wasn't there something about the athlete being awarded a huge judgment and then the ruling was later reversed?

I know it all hinged on whether or not the sample was his or not and whether a second sample could come back negative. Nowadays that's arguably easier to answer.