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Pretty sure if anyone in the WWE were to apologize for failing vis-a-vis drugs, it would be with the promise that they would more steroids in future.
posted by BrotherCaine at 10:44 AM on June 14, 2017 [1 favorite]
posted by BrotherCaine at 10:44 AM on June 14, 2017 [1 favorite]
BrotherCaine: Actually, one of the WWE's top talent was recently kicked out for a good period after failing a drug test. Roman Reigns has been someone they've been pushing HARD for a number of years, and it was obvious plotlines were rewritten quickly, with him in a lot less of them, and it felt like management was not pushing him quite as hard after he returned.
That said, can't they just do blood tests instead? Would reduce the need for urine.
Also: A quart has to be a typo. That is about a LITRE of urine. A quick google tells me that the average urination amount in a 24 hour period is 800-2000 mL. Which means many people don't urinate that volume in a full day, let alone at one time. Also, I can't think of any chemistry procedure that uses that much volume? I mean, I'd guess they are mostly using GC/LC-MS, which takes tiny samples, as my analytical professors liked to boast about....
posted by Canageek at 10:54 AM on June 14, 2017 [1 favorite]
That said, can't they just do blood tests instead? Would reduce the need for urine.
Also: A quart has to be a typo. That is about a LITRE of urine. A quick google tells me that the average urination amount in a 24 hour period is 800-2000 mL. Which means many people don't urinate that volume in a full day, let alone at one time. Also, I can't think of any chemistry procedure that uses that much volume? I mean, I'd guess they are mostly using GC/LC-MS, which takes tiny samples, as my analytical professors liked to boast about....
posted by Canageek at 10:54 AM on June 14, 2017 [1 favorite]
Canageek,
The quantity might be linked to ease of sneaking a smaller amount of fake urine (it's a thing) into a test. It's certainly a biologically feasible amount.
posted by effugas at 2:09 PM on June 14, 2017
The quantity might be linked to ease of sneaking a smaller amount of fake urine (it's a thing) into a test. It's certainly a biologically feasible amount.
posted by effugas at 2:09 PM on June 14, 2017
It's a typo. They are using WADA's limits which is 90mL. Mark Hahn posted this article to Global Sport and gave the numbers as 90 cL and the athlete coming short at 50.
The WADA guidelines are an interesting read. Naked and observed as you're gonna be, it seems pretty hard to induce outside samples.
The author certainly users loaded language with "neoliberal surveillance technologies.". If people are going to the extent to 'roid up, you're past traditional augments. WADA exists because everyone wants as naturally a level field as you can get. I am sure if we invented a way to make metahumans via a cheap, safe method, nobody would care. Unfortunately that's not the case. People die, people fuck themselves up for life and some just won't do that to compete. I don't know much about Senegal but I don't think not wanting athletes to damage themselves for your entertainment is really a first world, neoliberal condition. There's just not much audience for death sport. Even when it's happening under Friday Night Lights we want to wish it away.
posted by Ogre Lawless at 6:44 PM on June 14, 2017 [1 favorite]
The WADA guidelines are an interesting read. Naked and observed as you're gonna be, it seems pretty hard to induce outside samples.
The author certainly users loaded language with "neoliberal surveillance technologies.". If people are going to the extent to 'roid up, you're past traditional augments. WADA exists because everyone wants as naturally a level field as you can get. I am sure if we invented a way to make metahumans via a cheap, safe method, nobody would care. Unfortunately that's not the case. People die, people fuck themselves up for life and some just won't do that to compete. I don't know much about Senegal but I don't think not wanting athletes to damage themselves for your entertainment is really a first world, neoliberal condition. There's just not much audience for death sport. Even when it's happening under Friday Night Lights we want to wish it away.
posted by Ogre Lawless at 6:44 PM on June 14, 2017 [1 favorite]
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It hints at drug testing as colonialism 2.0, but doesn't have the courage to come out and say that.
Then I can't tell if the author is taking the mystical aspects seriously or taking the piss (eg "lucky underwear" vs "Other worldviews matter too").
posted by k5.user at 8:06 AM on June 14, 2017