IGF Anti-Doping Regulations
Robert Jasiek
Anti-doping rules are in effect and players of international
tournaments or national championships may be tested for doping and
receive harsh penalties in case of violations like failing to send in
a Therapeutic Use Exemption in time, not allowing being tested, or -
as a player in the Registered Testing Pool - not telling precisely
about one's whereabouts in advance.
RULES TEXTS
IGF Anti-Doping Regulations:
http://home.snafu.de/jasiek/igfad.pdf
WADA Prohibited List 2009
http://home.snafu.de/jasiek/wadap09.pdf
WADA Monitored List 2009
http://home.snafu.de/jasiek/wadam09.pdf
TOO TOUGH OUT-OF-COMPETITION WHEREABOUTS TESTING REGULATIONS
The IGF Anti-Doping Regulations say:
- �5.5.1: "[...] Each Athlete in the IGF Registered Testing Pool shall
file quarterly reports [...] which specify on a daily[!] basis the
locations and times where the Athlete will be residing, training and
competing. Atheletes shall update this as necessary so that it is
current[!] at all times. [...]"
- �5.5.2: "Any Athlete in the IGF Registered Testing Pool who is
unavailable for Testing on three attempts during any period of 18
consecutive months [has committed a violation.] For each attempt, the
Doping Control Officer shall visit all locations during the times
specified by the Athlete for that date and shall stay [comment: only!]
two[!] hours[!] at each location. Notification shall be sent to the
Athlete between[!] each[!] attempt [...]"
- �8.5.3: [related penaties]
Comment:
A player having the bad luck of being in the test pool has to state
regularly, in advance, with hour-wise precision when and where he will
go shopping, have dates, visit friends, or make an excursion. In my
opinion, this procedure violates in particular the human right of
freedom of a human being, the German basic right of freedom of a human
being, and the German basic right of informational self-determination.
One is recalled paparazzi hunts of sportsmen, when their private life
shall be investigated. The two hours regulation is a total overkill
for go players. Those out-of-competition / whereabouts regulations
ought to be changed and made humane as soon as possible, e.g., during
the IGF's AGM 2009 or 2010. For example, it would be more than
sufficient if a player in the test pool would declare his current
residence or address during a journey on a monthly basis. Human rights
are by far of higher value than a slightly improved doping control.
MORAL JUDGEMENT ABOUT A SANCTION
�4.2 says:
"[...] This standard of proof in all cases is greater than a mere
balance of probability but less than proof beyond a reasonable doubt."
Comment:
So a player being deemed guilty according to the IGF Anti-Doping
Regulations and penalized has doped only with a some probability
between above 50% and clearly below 100%. Thus I think that one should
not also morally condemn such a player, whose sentence relies on only
pieces of circumstantial evidence. He might as well be innocent since
the principle "In dubio pro reo" has not been applied.
Kirk McElhearn
> Anti-doping rules are in effect and players of international
> tournaments or national championships may be tested for doping and
> receive harsh penalties in case of violations like failing to send in
> a Therapeutic Use Exemption in time, not allowing being tested, or -
> as a player in the Registered Testing Pool - not telling precisely
> about one's whereabouts in advance.
That's the most ridiculous thing I've seen in a long time. Most of the
drugs listed are those that can help physical performance, not mental
performance... Whose brilliant idea was this?
What, no caffeine on the list? You can drink coffee then and play go? Egad!
Kirk
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http://www.mcelhearn.com
Robert Jasiek
wrote:
>Most of the drugs listed are those that can help physical performance,
>not mental performance...
It is indeed an open question whether any drug can improve mental
performance. Mental perfornce can be improved though by means of
better tournament conditions, fresh air, having slept well, good
concentration, good ordinary food, and maybe such good ordinary food
containing a reasonable mixture of vitamins or whatever. During a
recent German Championship Preliminaries, we were amused though when
some Chinese drank table water with oxygen in it (oxygen in the
stomach!).
>Whose brilliant idea was this?
The IGF's in the pursuit of IOC recognition.
Kirk McElhearn
>> Most of the drugs listed are those that can help physical performance,
>> not mental performance...
>
> It is indeed an open question whether any drug can improve mental
> performance. Mental perfornce can be improved though by means of
> better tournament conditions, fresh air, having slept well, good
> concentration, good ordinary food, and maybe such good ordinary food
> containing a reasonable mixture of vitamins or whatever.
So are sleep and vitamins banned? :-)
> During a
> recent German Championship Preliminaries, we were amused though when
> some Chinese drank table water with oxygen in it (oxygen in the
> stomach!).
Ha!
>
>> Whose brilliant idea was this?
>
> The IGF's in the pursuit of IOC recognition.
I think the idea of "mind sports" in the olypmics is stupid. But, then
again, so is syncronized swimming and horses prancing around...
Mike Terry
news:d4l205l6jneabiid6...@4ax.com...
Well, I guess the IGF wants IOC funding and generally the increased
sponsorship that might come with IOC recognition. Maybe if the cost is
regulation like this, it's not really appropriate to pursue IOC recognition?
Well, as a go player I certainly wouldn't consider becoming a "go athlete"
under those conditions, and I don't see who would! I suppose again this
will come down to the money - but it will be the money INDIVIDUAL go players
could make out of it, which is, what???...
I suppose this is a bit like: if you want Ing Funding for a tournament, then
you must play with Ing Rules. I suspect people generally dislike like the
Ing rules and wouldn't consider using them unless they were forced to in
order to get the money. But in this instance, complying is only mildly
distasteful, so people are happy to play and take the money. I'm afraid I
can't see this being the case with over zealous anti-doping regulations
unless there's a SERIOUS amount of money to be made for the INDIVIDUAL
PLAYERS concerned. (And is this likely to be the case for go? I think the
whole economic model that works for the IOC for atheletics just won't hold
with go....)
Mike.
Joel Olson
news:KZ-dnX4icOa6lp_X...@posted.plusnet...
No endorsements? Oh my.
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Robert Jasiek <jas...@snafu.de> wrote:
> Anti-doping rules are in effect and players of international
> tournaments or national championships may be tested for
> doping and receive harsh penalties in case of violations like
> failing to send in a Therapeutic Use Exemption in time, not
> allowing being tested, or - as a player in the Registered Testing
> Pool - not telling precisely about one's whereabouts in advance.
Appears to be a proposal, but has not established
why boardgame players are to be regarded as "athletes."
Indeed, most boardgame players could not qualify on the
athletic fields, and vice versa.
There is a personality type which likes to formulate rules
for others. Generally we term such personalities "tyrants."
Unfortunately, in Europe, Asia, many parts of the Americas,
there is insufficient opposition to "tyrants" because people
don't mind being slaves as long as they are kept well-fed.
If people knew truth we could solve all human problems
in one generation. Actually the truth has been available in
many forms for many thousands of years. Those who remain
on the spinning mudball exist in defiance of the truth. Hooray.
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> Kirk McElhearn <kir...@gmail.com>
>> Whose brilliant idea was this?
"Robert Jasiek" <jas...@snafu.de> wrote:
> The IGF's in the pursuit of IOC recognition.
And why is it necessary to obtain IOC recognition, to play Go ?
The IOC is yet another example of corrupt tyrannical bureaucracy.
It would be interesting to select IOC members structly on the basis
of -their- athletic performance at -random- Olympic events.
"Kirk McElhearn" <kir...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I think the idea of "mind sports" in the olypmics is stupid.
> But, then again, so is syncronized swimming and horses
> prancing around...
An extreme view. Would Kirk object to origami Olympics ?
- regards
- jb
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MaxDWolf
I find that as long as I abstain the week or three before, a big cup
of coffee will give me a little boost during a tournament. Of course
it's no replacement for training, sleep, diet, e.t.c.
wilemien
upset about a loss that he refused the doping test after his game.
i think it did not result that he was not allowed to play anymore.
also strange is that it can be reasonably easy proven that cafeine and
other substances does help concentration and "awakeness" and other
unfair play enchanging ideas still non of them are on the list of
forbidden substances.
Maybe big pharmasuticals would like to have their drugs on a listed as
forbidden substances specially for mind sports. ( even for phusical
sports it is a big insentive for semi-professionals to know that their
drug is on the list they rather have one with a "proven"
effectiveness.)
how many students would not want these pills before an examination....
Robert Jasiek
April and published in that version on 8th May at
http://intergofed.org/members_documents/WADA/IGF_AD_regulations%28E%29.pdf
If that does not work, then try this spelling:
http://intergofed.org/members_documents/WADA/IGF_AD_regulations(E).pdf
The overall substance of the regulations has not changed though.
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As www.dgob.de\MaLa has pointed out to a report by Spiegel on May 11,
http://www.spiegel.de/sport/sonst/0,1518,624064,00.html
WADA (World Anti-Doping Agency), from which the IGF Anti-Doping
Regulations have been derived, is under pressure of the EU. In April,
the EU (probably this means the EU Commission) expressed severe
objections against the restrictive whereabouts report duties for
athletes, that the WADA Code and the International Standards for
doping tests violated valid law of the 27 EU member countries, that
the athletes had to specify a quarter of a year in advance their
planned places of presence daily for one hour so that they could be
located for doping tests, that the protection of personal data in the
electronic report system Adams would be insufficient, that no EU
country could be forced to lower its data protection standards and
protection of every citizen's private sphere, that the anti-doping
agencies in Europe had to respect data protection laws, and that
national laws had a higher priority than the too strict WADA
standards.
Hear, hear! It is very nice to see that the EU Commission protects EU
citizens' basic rights again. The task to change the IGF Anti-Doping
Regulations so that they agree to regular basic law and more specific
data protection and informational self-determination laws remains
though. IGF should not wait for the EU to become active again but
correct the regulations in time.