Originally Posted by
broncobrad
Hi Brendan, like Greg I think every winner should be swabbed too. Its the real world though and it needs to be funded. Sent an email to Sam the Man yesterday requesting information about the breakdown costs of metrop/country swabbing procedures and am awaiting reply. Also noted in the Annual Report (about p83) that in 2010 $368,990 was spent on swabbing whilst in 2011 $473,932 was spent. Thats a decent jump right there. My thoughts are if all winners are swabbed that should put rumours to bed. If people want to throw innuendo around even after the swabs come back negative it can be dealt with in the civil courts independent of HRNSW. My point is that a substantial financial outlay in waterproofing swabbing procedures means that HRNSW have met their liability in providing an even playing field within their powers. If trainers continue to flout the rules they do it at their own peril. This includes out of competition testing (great article Peteboss).
Techniques for identifying undetectable substances continues to improve. Cheats are a part of life, they will always be. Accepting them in the sport tho, is akin to accepting defeat.
Great thread, swabbing, penalties that fit the crime, appeals process review etc but the hottest topic really was Brendans aside of $50 petrol voucher, the can of coke and the hotdog...should be mandatory really. Cheers
