update April 12, 2016 – USADA’s Media Relations Specialist, Ryan Madden, has responded noting that they do not think about sparring during a period of ineligibility (ie suspension) to be a breach of the policy supplied that Romero is not acting in any type of other capability as an “athlete support personnel“. When asked to clear up some examples of this Madden responded as Camiseta Real Betis Balompie complies with –
“So detailed in range as well as Application of the policy section as well as meaning for athlete support workers includes functioning as a “manager, coach, trainer, second, corner man, agent, official, medical or paramedical personnel.” That’s not an exhaustive list, however it must assist clear up for you.”
With this it appears USADA is taking a restrictive interpretation of “athlete support personnel” to exclude suspended fighters from the Camiseta Atletico Mineiro definition.
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After being on the wrong end of a ‘tainted supplement’ detraction UFC competitor Yoel Romero accepted a 6 month period of ineligibility by the united states Anti Doping Agency.
Shortly after this news broke Romero tweeted a picture of himself training in Albuquerque with Jon Jones at the Jackson-Wink MMA Academy as well as obviously is “an addition to #teamjones training camp“.
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The prospective issue with this? The UFC/USADA Anti-Doping policy has strict terms for athletes serving a period of ineligibility. Specifically these athletes cannot
“participate in any type of capability in connection with a UFC Bout, or any type of match or competition sanctioned or licensed by an athletic Commission, or take part in any type of capability in a competition or activity… authorized or organized by any type of Signatory, Signatory’s member organization, or a club or other member organization of a Signatory’s member organization”
Section 2.10 of the Camiseta Crystal Palace FC policy prohibits athletes from associating with any type of “athlete support person” serving a period of ineligibility as well as athlete support person is defined to include “any person helping an athlete in getting ready for a Bout” .
As Canadian MMA competitor Valerie Letourneau discovered on the cusp of her UFC straweight title bout, this “prohibited association” clause not only kept her from having Hector Lombard, who was serving a period of ineligibility, acting as her second, however likewise from “serving in any type of other prohibited capability during his sanction.’
When commenting about the strictness of this policy USADA’s director of communications told MMAJunkie
“The prohibited association policy aims to send a remove message to athletes: Do not partner with individuals that have breached anti-doping policies as they might motivate you to cheat the system as well as to rob your fellow athletes of their ideal to clean sport.”
The concern now is, does actively participating in a training camp run afoul of this policy as well as if so will this cause a alerting from USADA or something potentially steeper?
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