yes they can, and anyone else is free to judge their character accordingly

I don't doubt that there are many more athletes in all sports who are taking a variety of potentially performance enhancing drugs whilst they are still legal.

Just because something is legal, does that make it acceptable behaviour?

She is insinuating that she took it for medical reasons: now I am not a doctor, but I find it slightly odd that an athlete based principally in the US would take a drug that was apparently not FDA approved when there will be loads of approved alternatives.

Nor, if she was taking it for genuine medical reasons, do I understand why none of her team picked up on it and sought an exemption for her. It has been on the watch list for 12 months. She may not have known it by the other name but her medical team certainly would have done. Again, if it's being taken for genuine medical reasons her team, knowing the strong possibility of it being banned, her team would have been making preparations to gain an exemption.

The conclusion I am drawn to is simply that her team spotted a loophole and exploited it (and then cocked up by not spotting that it did get baned in the end). All perfectly legal.

But as Facebook has found, what is legal and what is right are often two very different things.

Posted By: CWC on March 8th 2016 at 11:37:14

Message Thread

Sharapova (NCFC) - paulg, Mar 8, 10:16:56
- Seems to me she took it for the benefits - real or perceived... (NCFC) - Dandy Highburyman, Mar 8, 11:05:59
  - I think it was a mistake and too long a ban would be harsh but I (NCFC) - Jim, Mar 8, 11:35:28
    - Russian speed skater world champ tested positive today (NCFC) - SCC 28, Mar 8, 13:17:33
  - I think that it was a mistake, her deal with Nike alone is worth $12.5M a year... (n/m) (NCFC) - Vivid Data Shark, Mar 8, 11:22:59
    - Lance Armstrong set up charities as well as raked in sponsorship... (NCFC) - Dandy Highburyman, Mar 8, 11:46:47
      - Yes, but she'd just signed a 5 year deal with them...sit back and count the cash... (n/m) (NCFC) - Vivid Data Shark, Mar 8, 13:19:19
      - His sponsorship was because he was so good (NCFC) - SCC 28, Mar 8, 11:55:09
        
        Although everybody was doping (nearly)... (NCFC) - loz, Mar 8, 12:21:38
        
        Wouldn't call pedalling fast a talent when you're doping tbh (n/m) (NCFC) - SCC 28, Mar 8, 12:25:58
    - since most of her sponsorship earnings are prob due to her looks more than her ability.. (NCFC) - mr carra, Mar 8, 11:26:15
      - Yep same as kournikova (n/m) (NCFC) - SCC 28, Mar 8, 11:27:05
        
        Kournikova was the GOAT (NCFC) - Charles21, Mar 8, 11:39:46
- Unfortunately the maximum ban for this horrific drugs cheat is 4 years (NCFC) - Charles21, Mar 8, 10:56:16
- apparently it isn't legal for any doctor to prescribe it in America (NCFC) - mr carra, Mar 8, 10:34:03
  - So what? (NCFC) - Old Git, Mar 8, 10:40:07
    - And approved only means it can be used to treat something (NCFC) - SCC 28, Mar 8, 10:42:39
      - so a drug known for performance enhancing properties but with no proven clinical benefit? (NCFC) - CWC, Mar 8, 11:05:52
        
        But so what if it was permitted? (NCFC) - Old Git, Mar 8, 11:09:11
        
        yes they can, and anyone else is free to judge their character accordingly (NCFC) - CWC, Mar 8, 11:37:14
        
        Top athletes take anything they can to get an edge (NCFC) - Old Git, Mar 8, 12:01:29
        
        Wishing he was on her legal team ^^^^ (NCFC) - Tombs, Mar 8, 11:19:15
        
        I'd love to get my hands on her briefs (n/m) (NCFC) - Old Git, Mar 8, 11:28:45
        
        😮 Gosh! (NCFC) - Tombs, Mar 8, 11:31:30
        
        Agreed but not a crime to look for legal edges (n/m) (NCFC) - SCC 28, Mar 8, 11:08:59
        
        it is if you keep doing it once it is illegal (NCFC) - mr carra, Mar 8, 11:18:24
        
        or pay a better quack (n/m) (NCFC) - Tombs, Mar 8, 11:21:56
        
        Of course nobody is denying that (n/m) (NCFC) - SCC 28, Mar 8, 11:20:49
  - Good article here (NCFC) - SCC 28, Mar 8, 10:38:52
- Well her mistake was not stopping before the new year. I think it's a given that pretty (NCFC) - Steve in Holland, Mar 8, 10:30:01
- Leicester this season: all hepped on goofballs via the ex-Juve medico. (n/m) (NCFC) - MIKEWALKER, Mar 8, 10:28:49
- Vitamin c isn't banned yet. (n/m) (NCFC) - Steve in Holland, Mar 8, 10:28:23
  - if any of our lot went down with scurvy .. (NCFC) - paulg, Mar 8, 10:31:01
- She still won fuck all though didn't she, the beautiful wrong-un? (n/m) (NCFC) - MIKEWALKER, Mar 8, 10:28:04
  - She's won all the majors (n/m) (NCFC) - Old Git, Mar 8, 10:52:58
- As an oxygen boosting... (NCFC) - loz, Mar 8, 10:26:56
  - hope our lads aren't on performance enhancing drugs (n/m) (NCFC) - Tombs, Mar 8, 12:05:38
  - Uses some oxygen chamber too (n/m) (NCFC) - SCC 28, Mar 8, 10:31:07
  - "gluten intolerance" (NCFC) - paulg, Mar 8, 10:29:24

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