You can not test positive for steroids by eating meat, and how does someone unintentionally take banned steroids?
Yes, you can, for nandrolone.
As for Mohammad Asif, being unfortuante has nothing to do with it. Lack of education is exactly the same, I can assure you that the Pakistani Natioanl and even domestic teams would educate their players not to take drugs, and about the side effects and ramifications.
Being unfortunate has a whole lot to do with it. How do you know what the Pakistani teams do in Pakistan? I WENT THROUGH THE SYSTEM. They do not each ANYTHING about drugs. Between June 2005 to March of 2007, there was NOTHING about drugs, either in Urdu, or in English. In April, they started teaching, and we learned about it. But before that, nobody here knew exactly what they were in the rural areas of Pakistan. I played in Islamabad, so surely you would think they would teach us here? The fault clearly lies with the PCB for that.
How on earth do you know that he did not know what drugs were at the time? There is no way that he took drugs without knwoing anything about them, and I can assure you that these days he is making plenty of money and he is fortunate enough to get off testing postitive for steroids.
Yes, he is fortunate. How do I know? He grew up in Sheikhapura. If you went there, and asked anybody on the street, what is nandrolone? What are drugs?
The answer you would get are cigrrattes, shisha, pot, etc. If you asked are there any athletic drugs, to anybody in that city, you would get an answer similar to that of "They are non existant"
Please do not even speak about how I know, without even visiting Pakistan, and these poor cities - because once you visit them, its very obvious.
So what makes me a disgrace to this world? I suppose that being angry at drug cheats is classified with terrorists and child abusers? Your bias is overwhelming.
Or is it the fact that I've said something that goes against Pakistan? I suppose that I'm a racist as well? Look at Darrell Hair.
Well, IMO, blaming somebody for doing something he didn't even know. He was given it by the county therapist, but stopped when the Pakistani physio told him to. He did nothing wrong, but listen to the people who should have known what they are giving their players - the Leicestershire coaching staff and physio are fully responsible.
If it had been a player from another country, you would be against them I'm sure.
It depends on the situation - rewind back to the 2003 World Cup. Shane Warne took steroids, and was attempting to hide them as well. He took them
INTENTIONALLY.
And frankly, I don't understand how anyone can condone drug use at all. You are simply saying that they either they didn't know what drugs were, or that they took them by accident? How naive and biased can one be?
I am against drug use at all, but Mohammad Asif had no idea. If you grew up in the same city he did, and was just as talented as him, went on to play international cricket, I can assure you - the same would have happened to you.
Even if those were correct, which I can gurantee you that they are not, they still deserve bans. There is NO place for drugs in sport whatsoever, under ANY circumstances.
How can you guarantee that those aren't correct? Shoaib Akhtar IMO did / does deserve a ban, but if he is in Pakistan colors, I will support him BECAUSE he is representing Pakistan. But that doesn't hide the fact that he deserves it - his story about the meats I don't believe, but if he is playing for Pakistan, and is in Pakistan colors, I will and would support him (during games).
Mohammad Asif had a more convincing story, BACKED up by the county coaching staff, and the Pakistani physio.
How come Shoaib was found with them as well?
They both of them don't play for Leicestershire.
So whats your theory? Shoaib gave them to Asif?
Asif and Shoaib aren't the best of mates off the field...
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