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Commentary by John Leonard, ASCA, WSCA<\/em><\/p>\n

We see admirable courageous stances by athletes from multiple nations in Rio with regard to the immediate and important need to protect our sport.<\/p>\n

This comes about because the IOC and its subsidiary International Federation Puppets such as FINA in our sport, have abdicated their moral responsibility to protect and preserve the sanctity of Olympic Ideals and Values. They have revealed themselves as simply a financial machine generating BILLIONS of dollars while sharing pittances with the Athletes on whose backs those dollars are generated, AND THEN, they are so arrogant as to ask the athletes to protect their private money generating circus by not protesting the prostitution of clean sport, as FINA and the IOC have done by allowing the dopers to swim.<\/p>\n

Which leaves us with \u201cWHAT TO DO\u201d?<\/h3>\n

Here are the SIMPLE (not easy, but SIMPLE) steps:<\/p>\n

1. The real power in sport is with the athletes. Read that again three times. As athletes, you have become so used to the mindset of \u201cbig brother IOC will take care of all\u201d that now that that trust has been betrayed, you have not realized ITS ALL ABOUT YOU. Your heart, soul, passion and BODY are what the IOC is getting rich on, and all the IF\u2019s underneath them as well, (Read FINA, with their 100 Million in the bank while you starve.)<\/p>\n

2. ATHLETES MUST UNITE, form your own organization and TELL THE IOC under WHAT CONDITIONS YOU WILL PARTICIPATE IN THEIR CIRCUS. (Suggestions on conditions to follow.)<\/p>\n

3. And PS. You can run your own Swim Circuit without them, earn REAL money, and be in control of your destiny. See GOLF and TENNIS. I am here to help you do it, when you are ready and I have a team in place to help you do it. And I won\u2019t accept an American nickel to do it. No money for me.<\/p>\n

This is about you and generations to follow. I want my children who coach, to be able to coach CLEAN ATHLETES and aspire to win in the generations ahead. That\u2019s my personal motivation for the cynics to understand.<\/p>\n

4.\u00a0Once you have a viable option to the IOC and their Circus, you are in control. Yes, keep the Olympics, but have it drug free, have it the way you dreamed of it when you were a child and emerging elite athletes. Not the cynical freak show of today, all marketing, no soul. Value your Dreams. They can be real. They can be real. They can be real.<\/span><\/p>\n

5.\u00a0What conditions do you want? Here are \u201csuggestions\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n

A.\u00a0WADA must be rebuilt with a REAL anti-doping reformer at the helm<\/b>. (I suggest Travis Tygert<\/strong>, of USADA, the ONLY administrator in all sport to truly SPEAK UP for you. He\u2019s real. He\u2019s at odds with the USOC because they are just more fakers hiding behind nonsense like \u201cZero Tolerance.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The only ZERO TOLERANCE they recognize is for anything that threatens their bank account. Note to the USOC \u2013 why hold an Olympics in Los Angeles when it\u2019s just another corrupt operation serving no clean athletes\u2026..? When you cave in to the IOC on everything, to get the Games in LA, YOU STAND FOR NOTHING! <\/span>ATHLETES, DEMAND A REBUILD of WADA. And real power for WADA to set rules, test for doping and ENFORCE RULES FOR ALL OF OLYMPIC SPORT.<\/strong><\/p>\n

B.\u00a0A thing called \u201cHIGH THROUGHPUT TESTING\u201d which exists TODAY, can find the doping needle in the haystack that current testing can\u2019t.<\/strong> It can immediately create CLEAN SPORT. Why don\u2019t \u201cthey\u201d use it now? Because they don\u2019t want clean sport, they want the charade of \u201cZero Tolerance\u201d rhetoric. \u00a0The Science EXISTS NOW. <\/span>ATHLETES, INSIST WE USE 2016 Science to catch 2016 cheats<\/strong>, NOT 1950\u2019s technology which is what is used now.<\/span><\/p>\n

C.\u00a0MONEY \u2013 It\u2019s all about the money right now, isn\u2019t it? Why are the IOC making BILLIONS while you struggle to get the money to eat and keep a roof over your head? ATHLETES, insist on a fair distribution of revenue to keep YOU at the center of the picture. How? See number two above.<\/span><\/p>\n

Athletes, every problem that frustrates you and your coaches and the entire world that wants CLEAN SPORT, can be solved by YOU. Unite. OWN YOUR SPORT. \u00a0Many of us are here to help you. Fix swimming for your generation and hundreds of generations to come. You have the power to do it. Use it. Please.<\/span><\/p>\n

All commentaries are the opinion of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views\u00a0of Swimming World Magazine nor its staff.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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