for later
i hope he has better luck for sherk than he did for nastula.
"Pawel Nastula's primary defense, as laid out by attorney Howard
Jacobs, was that Nastula's positive test for the anabolic steroid
nandrolone was a result of supplement contamination, not deliberate
use. Jacobs presented several studies on the subject of supplement
contamination to the NSAC, but none of them were specific to Nastula's
case.
After Jacobs spoke extensively about the subject of supplement
contamination in general, one of the commissioners said, "We have
[detected] certain prohibited substances in his urine. We don't know
how they got there, and he's responsible for that."
The commissioners further stated that in many cases where
supplement contamination is alleged as the reason for a fighter's
positive test, the defense chooses to have sample pills from the same
manufacturing batch tested to determine if the supplement was, in
fact, contaminated. Jacobs responded that it would take four to six
months to run cross-contamination tests, and with Nastula being
unable to fight during that timeframe, it would be a de facto
suspension for that four to six month period.
The commission responded by telling Jacobs that if he chooses not to
have the samples tested and if Nastula is suspended today, he could
potentially be suspended for longer than four to six months. Jacobs
then asked if NSAC policy would allow Nastula to temporarily be able
to fight until the disciplinary matter is resolved.
Keith Kizer, the Executive Director of the NSAC, said that would not be
allowed. Kizer said that an athlete who is taking performance-
enhancing drugs in track and field would run faster or throw the javelin
farther, but in MMA you're hitting another human being harder, so they
can't allow MMA fighters to compete while they have pending
disciplinary matters stemming from positive drug tests.
Jacobs also argued on Nastula's behalf that the relatively low levels of
nandrolone found in Nastula's system were consistent with
unintentional ingestion and not deliberate use. The commissioners
responded by saying that low levels of a banned substance can
sometimes indicate unintentional ingestion, but low levels can also
sometimes indicate that a fighter was trying to cycle off of the banned
substances and simply didn't stop taking them soon enough.
The commissioners said that they have no way of conclusively knowing
which one of those scenarios holds true in this case, but they do
conclusively know that Nastula had more than the maximum allowed
amount of nandrolone in his system, and that was grounds to suspend
him."
http://www.mmaweekly.com/absolutenm/templates/dailynews.asp?
articleid=3153&zoneid=13
The commissioners said that they have no way of conclusively knowing which one of those scenarios holds true in this case, but they do conclusively know that Nastula had more than the maximum allowed amount of nandrolone in his system, and that was grounds to suspend him."
Thats the most important part...
Excellent vid.
Was that our girl Loretta asking the questions?
-jk
Sounded like Loretta.
If Jacob's attacks the test he is going to be just a screwed as Ken will be if he does.
The test is 99.99% accurate. The only way to attack the actual validity of the test is to prove there was some sort of human error as to the handling of the sample prior to the test being done.
I have serious doubts that any person even if there was human error to come forth and publicly say they made some sort of error in the handling of the sample.
Not only would that destroy the credibility of Quest Diagnostics but it would ultimately mean that person would be fired.
ttt