WORKSHOP 1

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• WORKSHOP 1
• DOPING

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Statement

• The European Elite Athletes Association stands
  for a clean competition. Testing and sanctions
  are an important deterrent against doping in
  sport.

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Legal basis

• Anti-doping policies should respect athletes
  constitutional, human and employee rights.
  Principles of criminal law should apply.

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Privacy

• Athletes who have year round training or
  competition schedules should be tested after
  training at the training facility but not at
  home. Their federation should be responsible for
  submitting their training and competition
  schedule and location to the doping authority.
  The private schedule of the athlete should not be
  required or given.

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Representation

• The EEAA finds the WADA Athletes Commission a
  commendable effort to include athletes in the
  process but would recommend that athletes
  associations, as truly representative bodies,
  also be included.

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Difference between team sport and individual sport

• Team sport athletes who have been suspended for a
  doping offense should be allowed to train with
  their team.

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Collective Bargaining/Social Dialogue

• Doping is a collective bargaining/social dialogue
  issue

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Recreational Drugs

• Substances, such as cannabis, that are not
  performance enhancing should not fall under anti
  doping rules but be addressed as criminal or
  labor issues.

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Scheduling

• The scheduling of competitions and training
  by leagues and federations must be coordinated to
  provide for adequate rest and rehabilitation to
  avoid doping violations as a result of overwork
  and chronic injury.

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Education

• The members of the EEAA would like to develop and
  participate in an anti doping educational program
  with WADA.

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The language of WAR

• Doping is a social problem and the language of
  war should be mitigated. Studies on the social
  reasons for doping should be included and
  rehabilitation should be part of the program for
  convicted dopers.

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The principle of proportion

• WADA is to be commended for recognizing the
  principle of proportion and allowing for a
  warning in some cases.

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Doping Passports or databases of medical
information

• All information must be kept secure and any party
  responsible for leaking information must be
  punished.

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Other issues?

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