Noperone wrote:
Double-jeopardy, well, it is quite common to get punished by your profession and the state, e.g. for insider trading or malpractice. Why not get banned from the sport and pay a fine or go to jail for cheating in the sport like in Germany or Austria? Kiprop was also in favor of putting drug cheats into jail (well, not anymore though lol).
After all, that cheating can easily result in ill-gotten gains of over $100,000 (see e.g. what Houlihan wrote about her increased income after her "successes"), if not millions (see e.g. Llandis + Armstrong). Strange that for example American and British governments don't care about such offenses.
Well, at least there is RADA since 2020 that could bring "doping conspirators" into prison - but it appears to exclude the actual dopers:
Named after Russian whistleblower Grigory Rodchenkov, it gives prosecutors the ability to seek fines of up to $1 million (£745,000/€825,000) and prison sentences of up to 10 years for doping conspirators at events involving US athletes, broadcasters and sponsors.
While individual athletes who used performance-enhancing drugs would not be subject to criminal prosecution under the law, the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has frequently objected to it.
I guess the main reason why not is that WADA is not in favor of laws criminally punishing the athletes.
One of the goals of WADA was to standardize doping testing and doping enforcement worldwide. Criminalizing doping like Germany and Austria creates new inequities until all the WADA compliant countries pass the same national laws.
It would also create inequities unless it applies equally to all sports currently not subject to WADA enforcement, like American football, baseball, and basketball and college sports, which appear to be excluded from the Rodchenkov Act.
Another factor in Germany and Austria is that the national investigators work together with their respective national NADAs -- something you wanted to eliminate.
That all seems like a big ask to satisfy a few track fans.