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Originally Posted by lettie
 Does anyone out there think that Rio should have his ban lifted or reduced and why?
I don't and here's why.
He failed to turn up to take a drug test, presumably drug testing is part of his occupational contract, therefore he in in breach of that contract. He wasn't asked to recite the Gettysburg address or learn how to split the atom, all he had to do was turn up at a certain place at a certain time and pee into a pot. Hardly a taxing task. I think the ban should stay, if only to show him that he is not too important to take a drug test.
What do you all think? |
I think that ban is correct and that the governing body had to be seen to be making an example of him so as to try and deter anyone else from pulling the same stunt.
My thoughts on the whole thing are that Man Utd
KNEW that the player would not have passed the drugs test which is why they let him leave the training complex through a side door and told to go home.
I dont believe for one minute that a football player who has been playing for about 9-10 years forgot to wait and have (something that he will have done so many times before in his career) a drugs test - he knew he would fail it & so did the club.
As for the excuse that he was moving house and was in a hurry - when he was actually shopping in Manchester and also that the claim his mobile was switched off hence why he couldnt be contacted when in fact numerous calls were made from it during that morning all tell the story that he deliberately missed the drugs test.
He got what he deserves and was lucky that he didnt get a bigger ban.