How come we rarely hear about USADA anymore?

[TGArthur]

It didn't seem that long ago there were threads upon threads how USADA was going to clean house and clean up the sport of all juicers.

Now I seldomly see posts or articles regarding USADA and fighters being popped for pissing hot.

 

[rear naked ankle pick]

They cant find anyone using banned substances and they tried for years, i think they moved on to another sport

 

[Fengxian]

Cause nobody has popped recently. Look at JDS and Werdum after UFC.

USADA is doing legit, Conor can't even fight right now and he is whining left and right.

 

[Spath]

They cleaned up the sport of jacked neanderthals swinging fists at each others skulls.

Powerslap shit is next!

 

[cade187]

Because everyone is clean now.

 

[Get To Da Choppa]

It didn't seem that long ago there were threads upon threads how USADA was going to clean house and clean up the sport of all juicers.

Now I seldomly see posts or articles regarding USADA and fighters being popped for pissing hot.

Because everyone will be banned, and we will not have UFC anymore

 

[Only Here for Attachments]

They disappeared because people stopped believing in them, kind of like Santa

 

[HoelHomero]

How would we know? The ultimate bush leagues drug policy is as transparent as Cartel Drug Operations

 

[svmr_db]

They'll drum up a reason to frame and "pop" Merab soon to justify removing him from the rankings lol

 

[NoBiasJustMMA]

It didn't seem that long ago there were threads upon threads how USADA was going to clean house and clean up the sport of all juicers.

Now I seldomly see posts or articles regarding USADA and fighters being popped for pissing hot.

I think the UFC no longer allows USADA to make announcements about drug tests anymore. Their credibility kind of disappeared when they invented an excuse for Jones to fight Gus while on steroids.

 

[Chillez]

Everyone is clean now

 

[Fergelmince]

The change to not announcing violations until they're resolved through the appeals process may have had something to do with it.



Also, I remember A LOT of WEED violations, and they no longer bust athletes for that



edit: they no longer bust athletes for weed UNLESS they can prove it was used for pain or anxiety.

 

[dipstickjimmy]

It didn't seem that long ago there were threads upon threads how USADA was going to clean house and clean up the sport of all juicers.

Now I seldomly see posts or articles regarding USADA and fighters being popped for pissing hot.

What is your point? I have heard people arguing climate change as not being real claim "We never hear about the Ozone Layer anymore." It clearly was a hoax. Fact is the Montreal Protocol basically fixed that problem.

Also only 3 days ago here on Sherdog Daniel Rodriguez Announces Drug Test Failure, Withdrawal From Noche UFC Event (sherdog.com)

 

[sdpdude9]

Daniel Rodriguez was flagged by USADA just a few days ago. But naturally you’re going to hear less, they’ll catch the easy ones early on and guys will either adhere or have found their ways around it the longer it goes.

 

[mjoln]

they play dead so conor could come back

 

[Bowel-forged Stool]

The change to not announcing violations until they're resolved through the appeals process may have had something to do with it.



Also, I remember A LOT of WEED violations, and they no longer bust athletes for that

That’s a shame about the weed part. These guys could be injecting so much pot into their bodies that they’d never be forced to tap, leaving it up to the ref wether the weed put them to sleep or the choke

 

[Fergelmince]

That’s a shame about the weed part. These guys could be injecting so much pot into their bodies that they’d never be forced to tap, leaving it up to the ref wether the weed put them to sleep or the choke

they might be testing only for instances like you describe above. It's a lot more of a gray area now.

"Most significant to the new rule changes, a UFC athlete who tests positive for carboxy-THC (the main psychoactive component in cannabis) will face a violation by USADA only if evidence demonstrates the substance was taken for performance-enhancing purposes such as alleviating pain or anxiety; otherwise the athlete will not be eligible for sanction. A positive test for the prohibited substance, THC, will result in an atypical finding that will only be deemed a violation if it meets the aforementioned condition."

https://ufc.usada.org/changes-to-ufc-anti-doping-policy-prohibited-list/

 

[Smegma-Head]

USADA is a joke. Or how come that Jon Jones still fights? Also it's commonly known that they roid in the US. Only Soy-Boy Nate and Colby are clean...

 

[Clark Rogers]

I think the UFC no longer allows USADA to make announcements about drug tests anymore.

This is categorically false.

 

[Fact Checker]