Shane Warne

[Duncan]

wat does every1 think of shane warney -

was he guilty in taking illegal drugs on purpose?
or was he non-guilty of taking those drugs on purpose?

personally, all i can say that he is rather stupid - not an illegal cricketer. he obviously wouldn't be dumb enough to take drugs that were banned!

 

[andrew_nixon]

I think he took the drugs by accident, but he is still guilty as all sportsmen and women have a responsibility to check what they're taking. If a banned substance is in medication then they have to report it to their sports governing body.

 

[Duncan]

except the drugs wouldn't hav affected his cricketing performance would they?

 

[andrew_nixon]

The drug can be used as a masking agent to hide other performance enhancing drugs.

And it doesn't make a difference if they're performance enhancing or not.

Ed Giddens was banned a few years back for using Cocaine and Phil Tufnell (who else) has been banned for using cannabis.

 

[Duncan]

how do the drugs actually affect your performance tho?

speed?
accuracy?
gripping the ball? B)

 

[andrew_nixon]

Well steroids, for example, can make youm stronger, so you could bowl faster, etc.

And as I said its not the performance-enhancing part.... it's the banned substance part.