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Listening to the deep dicking they gave Barnett - and yeah, Josh is a bad guy to complain about drug testers trying to fuck him, given his history. But USADA have definitely gone rogue.
Personally I think they need to set up some guidelines. It's unfair that one fighter may be tested once, and his opponent has to go through 3 or 4 tests. It's also fucked that they will show up at 5 in the morning or whatever and wake people up. Or grab a guy like Mighty Mouse in the supermarket while he's shopping with his wife.
Yes they need to fight PEDs, but we also have to discuss the quality of life and privacy of the fighters. In real life there is a balance of privacy and security, it seems like with USADA there is no balance.
You offered no argument to support the assertion that USADA has gone rogue.
In Josh Barnett's case, USADA proposed a 4 year suspension. Barnett disagreed, took his case to arbitration, and won. That doesn't make USADA rogue. Barnett tested positive for osterine and had previously failed tests in 2001 and 2009, when the standard was so lax we can online imagine his rampant use to get caught.
I concede in Barnett's case USADA was looking for a stiff punishment. The arbitrator agreed with Josh, and that is basically how month criminal cases proceed. Barnett declined what was essentially a plea bargain, and won.
We should also talk about all the great things USADA has done, like catching cheaters like Anderson Silva, Jon Jones, Brock Lesnar, Frank Mir and Yoel Romero. Dick pills indeed.