Railroaded

Remember the cartoon Dudley Do-Right?

Remember when his adversary, Snidely Whiplash, would tie up a young maiden and place her across railroad tracks and leave her to her demise?

Can’t remember that far back, huh?

Alright, how about when Owen Wilson’s character, Jedediah, tied up Ben Stiller (Larry Daley) and tried to run him over with a train in the movie, Night at the Museum?

Replace Ben Stiller, or the young maiden, with Floyd Landis these days and you’ll finally understand the saying about “being railroaded.”

The latest news regarding inapproriate document request and the remaining Tour B-samples has simply validated my point regarding these athletic governing body arbitration tribunals. There isn’t a semblance of jurisprudence in the arbitration process.

USADA, WADA, or any governing body isn’t concerned with Floyd’s case, only their own. Meaning they aren’t concerned with weighing evidence, which may reveal “truths” in this or any other matter, but only in winning the case and justifying their reasoning.

In the matter of the remaining B-samples, USADA has essentially given the Chatenay Malabry lab the answer key to the final exam. Part of Landis’ defense hinges on the inadequacies and inappropriate behavior of the lab’s methodology, equipment, and personnel. By allowing the lab to test the remaining samples, USADA is allowing them to clean up their processes. So when the allegations of mislabeling, misinterpretation, and unethical conduct arise from Landis’ lawyers, USADA can now say, “Well we had them run numerous other samples and saw no fault with their processes, equipment, or personnel.”

To all those who are supporters of Floyd, that light at the end of the tunnel is actually a train.

And unfortunately, there’s no Dudley Do-Right to come and save the day on May 14th.