Who would be opposed to drug testing in Masters Swimming? What would be the cost to implement such a program to test winners at US Masters Nationals? and finally, What drugs do you think would potentially be found?..... HGH?.... Testosterone?..... THG?....... IGF-1?..... designer steroids?
In all seriousness, it is only Masters Swimming. There is no prize money at stake. There are no USMS athletes on Wheaties boxes. It's about fun. If somebody chooses to juice in order to improve their performance, that is their misfortune and they will most likely suffer the consequences without any sort of USMS intervention.
Matt....there are some people (very few) out there who are making money (very little) from competing in USMS.
There are also a number of high caliber USS swimmers competing in masters meets.....probably not a big deal but these days when swimmers like Thorpe are suspected every great achievement is going to be looked at....USS, USMS, age group, etc.....
I still would be curious is a voluntary testing program could be put into place with little if any cost.....the UCLA guys point was that it would basically "shame" people into participating.
In all seriousness, it is only Masters Swimming. There is no prize money at stake. There are no USMS athletes on Wheaties boxes. It's about fun. If somebody chooses to juice in order to improve their performance, that is their misfortune and they will most likely suffer the consequences without any sort of USMS intervention.
Matt....there are some people (very few) out there who are making money (very little) from competing in USMS.
There are also a number of high caliber USS swimmers competing in masters meets.....probably not a big deal but these days when swimmers like Thorpe are suspected every great achievement is going to be looked at....USS, USMS, age group, etc.....
I still would be curious is a voluntary testing program could be put into place with little if any cost.....the UCLA guys point was that it would basically "shame" people into participating.
