I met Walter Palmer (@PalmerUNIsport) at Play the Game 2013 in Aarhus. Walter is a former NBA basketball player and currently with UNI Global Union, a Switzerland-based association of trade unions which represents skilled workers.
Walter has some very thoughtful views on the impacts of doping regulations on the rights of athletes. He outlined some of these views in a recent Twitter exchange. At the top of this post you can see Walter speaking at Play the Game 2013 (his talk starts at 3:02:20 in the video above).
@PalmerUNIsport Fair criticism, but what would your recommend by way of WADA reform?
— Roger Pielke Jr. (@RogerPielkeJr) January 14, 2014
@RogerPielkeJr start with best practice evaluation of WADA rule effectiveness. Do real risk assessment. Design effective interventions.
— Walter Palmer (@PalmerUNIsport) January 14, 2014
@RogerPielkeJr Pilot test and monitor those interventions. Did you know @wada_ama does not enforce reporting by ADOs? No global ADRV totals!
— Walter Palmer (@PalmerUNIsport) January 14, 2014
@RogerPielkeJr to have credibility @wada_ama must demonstrate policies decrease the prevalence of cheating. They are failing in this.
— Walter Palmer (@PalmerUNIsport) January 14, 2014
@RogerPielkeJr finally, never forget clean athletes carry burden of anti doping rules. They must have a say. @wada_ama, they don't.
— Walter Palmer (@PalmerUNIsport) January 14, 2014
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