{"id":151277,"date":"2015-06-23T07:13:35","date_gmt":"2015-06-23T14:13:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=151277"},"modified":"2022-02-04T18:47:24","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T02:47:24","slug":"motivated-cheaters-offered-potential-loopholes-in-new-ufc-anti-doping-policy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/motivated-cheaters-offered-potential-loopholes-in-new-ufc-anti-doping-policy\/","title":{"rendered":"Motivated Cheaters Offered Potential Loopholes In New UFC Anti-Doping Policy"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Cheaters beware, the UFC is gearing up for the most extensive drug-testing policy in professional sports, but, are there still major loopholes for fighters take advantage of?<\/p>\n

According to combatsportslaw.com<\/a>, there are at lest three major ways fighters could potentially still get away with using PEDs.<\/p>\n

Here’s a summary of there findings:<\/p>\n

Retirement:<\/strong> A fighter could announce he’s retiring, which means he would not be tested, then come back.<\/p>\n

Section 5.7.1 of the policy goes on to state that \u201cAn Athlete who gives notice of retirement to UFC, or has otherwise ceased to have a contractual relationship with UFC, may not resume competing in UFC bouts until he\/she has given UFC written notice of his.her intent to resume competing and has made him\/herself available for Testing for a period of four months before returning to competition. UFC may grant an exemption to the four-month written notice rule in exceptional circumstances or where the strict application of that rule would be manifestly unfair to an Athlete\u201c.<\/em><\/p>\n

Whereabouts:\u00a0<\/strong>Fighters are allowed up to two whereabout violations a year before penalty. Basically, you can doge two tests a year without getting in trouble, unless it’s obvious you did so.<\/p>\n

Specifically s. 2.4 provides that it is an anti-doping violation where \u201cany combination of three Whereabouts Failures within a twelve-month period as defined in the Whereabouts Policy developed by the UFC\u201c.<\/em><\/p>\n

Whereabouts Failures are defined as follows \u201cThe failure by any Athlete to comply with the UFC Whereabouts Policy by failing to timely, accurately and completely provide required whereabouts information and\/or for being unavailable for Testing due to inaccurate information provided on the Whereabouts Filing\u201c.<\/em><\/p>\n

I Didn’t Know:\u00a0<\/strong>The ‘I didn’t know what I was taking’ excuse could still be in play.<\/p>\n

Specifically section 10.5.1.1 of the policy states that \u201cIn cases where the Athlete or other Person can establish that the detected Prohibited Substance came from a Contaminated Product, then the period of Ineligibility shall be, at a minimum, a reprimand and no period of Ineligibility\u2026\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

So, think we’ll see these come into play?<\/p>\n

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