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Originally Posted by trifecta124
Obviously many here seem to have an agenda against Dee Tee Stable using Gary Sciacca as a trainer.
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i don't think that's obvious.
what i do think is obvious is that many see everything in black and white, absolutely no shades of grey at all. i'm more inclined to give someone some leeway when faced with a seemingly unclear, four year old case--while not understanding the constant forgiveness for those who repeatedly break some pretty stringent doping rules.
thing is, until those who can make changes, who can install and enforce rules with real teeth, you'll have people constantly breaking the rules. there's no reason for them not to--there's no real punishment for offending trainers. yet jocks routinely get suspensions that can last YEARS. i know of two different jocks who got five year bans for carrying a buzzer. not using a buzzer. but they had it. hey, absolutely sit them down.
but trainers should have the same types of punishment. after all, a trainer who gets caught in testing didn't just have illegal substances, he actually administered it to the horse--why should that be a lesser crime than what those jocks did?