Crackdown on school drug cheats
21 Jan 2013
Schoolboy rugby players caught doping could be suspended for three months or more or face expulsion.
The Cape Argus reports that a new testing programme launches on Monday, spearheaded by the SA Institute of Drug-Free Sport (Saids), which aims to eradicate a growing trend of steroid and drug use among teenagers in schools.
‘The testing will occur at any time and will not only be limited to athletes,’ said Saids chief executive Khalid Grant.
Substances that will be prohibited according to the programme include diuretics (which mask the presence of performance-enhancing drugs by flushing them out of the system), stimulants and steroids. Around 100 of South Africa’s top schools have signed up for the programme that will allow a school’s principle or Saids delegate to test any pupil suspected of doping.
According to Rapport, 18 out of 62 children independently tested in the past six months had positive results for drugs so dangerous they could lead to death.
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21 Jan 2013, 14:02 pm
@Robzim-138: ET goes to Hollywood? Frankie says Relax.
21 Jan 2013, 14:03 pm
@The Sharks rugby pedigree is packaged as dog food-150:
Thats good.
21 Jan 2013, 14:03 pm
@The Sharks rugby pedigree is packaged as dog food-134:
please Pedigree, i would expect something like that from Capo, not from you.
have the decency not to cast aspersions on an honest mans character. he my be a lot of things to you, i get it, and sure, he has not pleased many with his rugby but if Pierre says he did not do it, then i believe he did not do it.
besides, he was tested?
the man was suffering from a life threatening hereditary condition which claimed the life of his father for goodness sake!
@Britney Spies-139:
jy’s n idioot
21 Jan 2013, 14:06 pm
@i_love_u_bakkiesbotha-153:
Nee dit weet ek en 80% van SA.
21 Jan 2013, 14:06 pm
@The Sharks rugby pedigree is packaged as dog food-150:
I thought it was the Billtong that made the man mountains in the republic.
21 Jan 2013, 14:07 pm
@pedigree: pity for him he didn’t just stick to using that supreme athleticism to get him over the line! pity that he was arrogant enough to fcukup honest people’s lives either by insulting them or suing them. pity he is still ridiculously arguing petty kak like “i didn’t call her ‘fat’” when he called he a “crazy b*tch & w*hore” – delusional stuff i tell you.
as i said earlier, if there was even just ONE non-gooned cyclist in those tours, lance is a bloody cheat!
there are no degrees of cheating as far as i’m concerned.
21 Jan 2013, 14:07 pm
@i_love_u_bakkiesbotha-153:
Bakkies Ped reckons all your school boys are on the juice, oh dear.
21 Jan 2013, 14:07 pm
@NZINCHINA-155:
Actually it is.
Their sellers name is Bill Tong.
21 Jan 2013, 14:07 pm
@i_love_u_bakkiesbotha-153:
Ja Bakkies. Dom bly dom. Glo wat ons wil glo.
21 Jan 2013, 14:09 pm
Is it possible that Armstrong only came to cycling prominence due to an advance program of systematic drugging?What happened in his early career as a professional?Is it safe to say that his career probably followed the same path as an averaged Ben Johnson starting out in athletics.
In 1994, he again won the Thrift Drug Classic and came second in the Tour DuPont in the United States. His successes in Europe occurred when he placed second in Liège–Bastogne–Liège and the Clásica de San Sebastián, where just two years before, he had finished in last place as his first all-pro event in Europe.
21 Jan 2013, 14:09 pm
@Hurricane-158:
I’m confused Hurricane old Bakkies has been telling us for years now how clean SA rugby is ” hard but fair China”, somebodies telling porkies.
21 Jan 2013, 14:09 pm
@Hurricane-137:
there was a high level investigation and the players involved were completely exhonerated since.
i think you owe them an apology.
@Hurricane-142:
it is shocking to be honest
shocking
i hope this will be a wake up call
@NZINCHINA-148:
to be horribly honest, this has taken us all by surprise
the scale of it amongst schoollboys..?.
eternal vigilance i guess
21 Jan 2013, 14:10 pm
@i_love_u_bakkiesbotha-153: Bakkies. Twas said in jest, as a ‘legit’ question to fellow blogger; “Britney Spies”, who answered in jest. See it as such.
But I do find this interesting:
“but if Pierre says he did not do it, then i believe he did not do it.
besides, he was tested?”
Just take Pierre’s name out, and put Lance’s in……….
21 Jan 2013, 14:11 pm
@NZINCHINA-157: Not all….. quite a few though (as you can see from the testing results)
21 Jan 2013, 14:12 pm
@The Sharks rugby pedigree is packaged as dog food-163:
Dankie vir die verwelkoming. Waardeur dit!
21 Jan 2013, 14:13 pm
@i_love_u_bakkiesbotha-162:
I’d hate to think any of them played in the U20 cup last year juiced up, a rigged cup perhaps?
21 Jan 2013, 14:15 pm
@i_love_u_bakkiesbotha-153: I would never accuse Spies of drug taking!He is so kuk that no drug would rectify the situation .
21 Jan 2013, 14:15 pm
@NZINCHINA-166:
lol
I was thinking the same thing.
In fact not only drugged but probably had 23 years olds playing under false credentials…… oh boy it is not looking good for the clean South African rugby thats we all have heard so much about
21 Jan 2013, 14:16 pm
@wnbb-167:
Yes, Spies was a laxative abuser…. like Bakkies after a loss
21 Jan 2013, 14:17 pm
@Transformation-156: He’s a cnut and worse….of that there is no argument.
But just because he’s a fkcadilly, doesn’t mean he is any less a supreme athlete.
Separate boxes.
21 Jan 2013, 14:17 pm
@Britney Spies-154:
snaaks
21 Jan 2013, 14:18 pm
@Hurricane-168:
He he Like I said Hurri I’m in complete shock, I’m going to have to reconsider watching SA teams from now on, clean AnZaC games only for me.
21 Jan 2013, 14:19 pm
@i_love_u_bakkiesbotha-171:
21 Jan 2013, 14:19 pm
@NZINCHINA-157:
Pedigree, can be a little melodramatic to say the least, China
take what she says with a pinch of salt (or soya).
21 Jan 2013, 14:20 pm
I think that the dealers would feel uncomfortable selling performance-enhanced drugs to Pierre Spies.
21 Jan 2013, 14:20 pm
@grant10-130: Courier was joking – I think it is 39th consecutive (into the 10th year)
21 Jan 2013, 14:22 pm
@wnbb-175:
I run through walls. Wat is jou probleem?
21 Jan 2013, 14:22 pm
@The Sharks rugby pedigree is packaged as dog food-163:
Pierre is an upright christian.
big difference.
21 Jan 2013, 14:22 pm
@i_love_u_bakkiesbotha-174: No Bakkies. The numbers are here. Above. For all to see…..
They do not make for pleasant reading.
21 Jan 2013, 14:23 pm
@NZINCHINA-172:
Me too. I was told by Bakkies that we were the cheats of rugby and South Africa were fair and did not cheat.
What am i going to tell my kids now?
21 Jan 2013, 14:24 pm
i have a mini meeting, sorry
will be back
21 Jan 2013, 14:24 pm
@i_love_u_bakkiesbotha-178: You can’t farking preach your way through a rugby pack of devils.Maybe that’s his problem?
21 Jan 2013, 14:25 pm
@i_love_u_bakkiesbotha-181:
Hmmmm is that code for a hit?
21 Jan 2013, 14:26 pm
Well i think if he all took enhancements we could get 30000 posts out of this thread.
21 Jan 2013, 14:27 pm
@i_love_u_bakkiesbotha-178: So was Hansie…. and look at what the devil made HIM do.
Just saying…. we are talking about people here….flawed people. All of us.
21 Jan 2013, 14:27 pm
@i_love_u_bakkiesbotha-178:
Are U serious?
hansie C was also an upright christian
21 Jan 2013, 14:28 pm
@The Sharks rugby pedigree is packaged as dog food-185:
Speak for yourself.
“All of us”. Not Bakkies Pedi.
Is V iagra a performance enhancing drug?
21 Jan 2013, 14:30 pm
@Robzim-186:
Reminds me of that advert on telly.
Seriouuuuuuuuusssssss
21 Jan 2013, 14:30 pm
The ‘two farking Armstrong apologists’ hunting together now?How schweeeeet !!
21 Jan 2013, 14:30 pm
@i_love_u_bakkiesbotha-178:
What if i said McCaw is a christian as well?
21 Jan 2013, 14:31 pm
@The Sharks rugby pedigree is packaged as dog food-185:
Sorry ,i did not see your post re Hansie.
Remember Jaco van der Westhuizen who once claimed he tried a drop from his own 25 m line to convince the ref that he has not dropped a ball?
Attempting to cheat is just as bad as the real thing..
21 Jan 2013, 14:32 pm
On Lance Armstrong:
If you win a race in which everyone else also cheat, are you not considered the winner of that race?
21 Jan 2013, 14:32 pm
@David….I agree with that last sentence and up you one to he is also a reprehensible attention seeking, sympathy seeking meglamaniac (sp) bully.
He will shrivel up and wither away if ignored, that’s what the world and press should do, best punishment.
21 Jan 2013, 14:34 pm
They can easily question Hansie and Christianity’s role in turning out to be a cheat,but they steadfastly refused to accept that the world has accepted Armstrong as a drugs cheat and a liar.
21 Jan 2013, 14:36 pm
I also read somewhere a while back his best position before he won the Tour France was 15. I stand to be corrected here though.
21 Jan 2013, 14:36 pm
@wnbb-189:
Dont worry, your hunting partner will also appear a bit later all the way from the “US of A” .
21 Jan 2013, 14:36 pm
@willievz-192: There is no proof that anyone else cheated in all those races that the ‘two farking apologists’ hero participated in.Fact.
21 Jan 2013, 14:39 pm
I matriculated in 1990 and it was going on back then. No surprises that it still goes on today. I understand some school coaches and parents encourage it.
21 Jan 2013, 14:41 pm
In 1992 Armstrong ended last in his first European Tour.In 1994 he won that same race.Interesting fact that.His two apologists might jump to his defence and say that it was only through hard work and dedication that he was successful.I suspect that he started taking drugs whilst still an amateur rider.Lance is still lying through his teeth.He needs to totally come clean on his drug taking.
21 Jan 2013, 14:42 pm
@DEE DAH-198:
It’s coached into them, this just gets better and better.
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