More Doping Ban Controversy: Swiatek's Failed Test
Just about everyone is wading in on this year's doping cases in tennis. But there's no doubt that players are treated inconsistently and illogically. Tara Moore was banned for 19 months after eating contaminated meat in Columbia. She can't look that up on a website and see a 'don't eat this meat you'll fail a doping test' attached to the menu. Although the organisers knew about it but oh dear didn't quite inform the players soon enough. In which case it's the organisers fault and she shouldn't have been banned. Using common sense would help. I can understand Halep being rather annoyed because it's a parallel case with Swiatek. Both she and Swiatek take something which should be doping safe but has been cross contaminated and they fail a doping test. In both cases the amount is negligible so I don't see the need for banning players like this. To ban a player due to a failed doping test should only happen when it's clear that the amoun...