The lucrative fight against doping

The war against doping will never make headway as long as it remains a money-making venture, writes the daily Dnevnik with an eye to the upcoming Winter Olympics in Vancouver. "The truth is that even the fight against doping is a big money-maker. Huge amounts of money change hands with all the laboratory tests and concessions. If professional sport actually managed to free itself of doping, many people would lose their jobs. And it's clear which interest groups have the most influence when you see how unequal they are before the law. Like prisoners on parole, competitors in individual sports must report to the World Anti-Doping Agency on a daily basis wherever they are, while many team sports - which also are more interesting from a marketing perspective - are only controlled on the location where the sporting event will take place. Clearly there will be no fairness and nothing at all will change as long as the profit motive holds sway even on the honest side of the doping war."

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