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If a fighter has always been clean, which I believe is a rarity, he'd be at a huge disadvantage and USADA benefits him/her greatly as he may now get to a least fight some other clean fighters, but will sometimes still face a fighter who is on PEDs (huge disadvatnage).
If a fighter is a run of the mill PED user who doesn't have a sophisticated approach (expert counseling, high end PED selection), he may now gain an advantage here and there by using PEDs but now having a clean opponent (which is more likely now due to USADA), but will likely be caught in the not so distant future by USADA and suffer huge penalties (this groups suffers the most from USADA).
So we can already start to see that there was actually more of an even playing field before (most fights were PED vs PED, now we may see more PED vs clean).
That's where the last group comes in, the elite users. They are unlikely to be caught in the near future, in fact it may take many years before they test positive, after making huge sums of money and amassing title belts. This group used to have to face other PED users, but as time goes on, they will have the pleasure of fighting more and more clean, disadvantaged fighters. Their worst case scenario now is to face another PED user on equal ground with them. This is the group that USADA helps the most.
If a fighter is a run of the mill PED user who doesn't have a sophisticated approach (expert counseling, high end PED selection), he may now gain an advantage here and there by using PEDs but now having a clean opponent (which is more likely now due to USADA), but will likely be caught in the not so distant future by USADA and suffer huge penalties (this groups suffers the most from USADA).
So we can already start to see that there was actually more of an even playing field before (most fights were PED vs PED, now we may see more PED vs clean).
That's where the last group comes in, the elite users. They are unlikely to be caught in the near future, in fact it may take many years before they test positive, after making huge sums of money and amassing title belts. This group used to have to face other PED users, but as time goes on, they will have the pleasure of fighting more and more clean, disadvantaged fighters. Their worst case scenario now is to face another PED user on equal ground with them. This is the group that USADA helps the most.
