[sumo] Sumo doping test

[Bob Reimer]

Actually Bench Sumo has had an automated drug-checking gyoji for many years
... Only one player has managed to get around it but he was found out ...

Regards,
Kofuji

-----Original Message-----
From: Dale Carlson
Sent: Thursday, November 01, 2007 1:30 PM

At 02:27 AM 11/1/2007 -0400, Kuramarujo wrote:
>On Wed, 2007-10-17 at 21:11 +0000, Philip Sherman wrote:
>
>> I know for a fact it doesn't take a little over a year to flush the
>> drug's out of your system.
>
>	This is true in most cases but the chemicals also show up in hair.
>Since the rikishi need to have relatively long hair the doping chemicals
>would still show up months or even years after they stopped tacking
>them.
>
>	In addition, it takes time to setup the logistics for doing the
>testing.  You need to organize testers and labs and administration and
>all the other things needed to effectively run a business.
>
>	Lastly, it will probably take that long to come up with the funding
for
>it.
>
So, those who use performance-enhancing drugs to gain an advantage
in the various online sumo games probably have little to fear for now,
right? Or is testing coming?