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A lot of DCs comments (and threads here) have carried the narrative that Jones had a chemical edge before and this time he won't. Busted athletes don't quit and go clean, they just modify their cycles or seek out less detectable stuff.
Jon was cycling with Estrogen blockers, and like most athletes was smart enough to have a built in excuse in the event of a positive test:
"Something noted in the decision, is that there were errors or omissions in the declarations of Jones and the teammate who supplied him with the Tadalafil, Eric Blasich. Perhaps most concerning is that when Blasich finally produced an invoice for his order of Tadalafil, it also contained an order for clomiphene. Despite this, the panel concluded that the evidence suggested Jones’ failed test was caused by the “Tadalafil”."
Find something not banned, Tadalafil, that will provide a similar positive for something that is banned, Clomiphene, and Ta-da you either are completely absolved or get a significantly lessened suspension.
And if a postitive test for a Testosterone recovery agent isn't damning enough, there's also his previous T/E ratio and values being all over the map before their first fight (2 years before the positive test using the same standards):
Jones had his T/E levels measured on three occasions -- an extra test was ordered because his first sample was diluted(!!!) -- as part of out-of-competition drug testing ordered by the NAC. His ratio in the three tests were 0.29:1, 0.35:1 and 0.19:1, well below the normal ratio (1.3:1) for an average African-American male. In addition, Jones’ testosterone levels in those three tests were 1.8 ng/mL, 0.59 ng/mL and 4.9 ng/mL; the average level for a male is 61.3 ng/ML.
Where it gets really scary is when you have athletes admitting they test their own blood to see if they are going to be able to fly under the radar (Chael of course):
"What happens is they do out-of-competition testing, and the lab that they went to is the USADA [United States Anti-Doping Agency] lab. Now the USADA lab is the greatest lab in the world. It's a very sensitive test. We had done our own tests, at our own labs, and we thought that everything was out of the system."
Like Nate said, "they're all on steroids."
Jon was cycling with Estrogen blockers, and like most athletes was smart enough to have a built in excuse in the event of a positive test:
"Something noted in the decision, is that there were errors or omissions in the declarations of Jones and the teammate who supplied him with the Tadalafil, Eric Blasich. Perhaps most concerning is that when Blasich finally produced an invoice for his order of Tadalafil, it also contained an order for clomiphene. Despite this, the panel concluded that the evidence suggested Jones’ failed test was caused by the “Tadalafil”."
Find something not banned, Tadalafil, that will provide a similar positive for something that is banned, Clomiphene, and Ta-da you either are completely absolved or get a significantly lessened suspension.
And if a postitive test for a Testosterone recovery agent isn't damning enough, there's also his previous T/E ratio and values being all over the map before their first fight (2 years before the positive test using the same standards):
Jones had his T/E levels measured on three occasions -- an extra test was ordered because his first sample was diluted(!!!) -- as part of out-of-competition drug testing ordered by the NAC. His ratio in the three tests were 0.29:1, 0.35:1 and 0.19:1, well below the normal ratio (1.3:1) for an average African-American male. In addition, Jones’ testosterone levels in those three tests were 1.8 ng/mL, 0.59 ng/mL and 4.9 ng/mL; the average level for a male is 61.3 ng/ML.
Where it gets really scary is when you have athletes admitting they test their own blood to see if they are going to be able to fly under the radar (Chael of course):
"What happens is they do out-of-competition testing, and the lab that they went to is the USADA [United States Anti-Doping Agency] lab. Now the USADA lab is the greatest lab in the world. It's a very sensitive test. We had done our own tests, at our own labs, and we thought that everything was out of the system."
Like Nate said, "they're all on steroids."
im also a fan of almost every fighter, but not a dick rider.
