Dutrow loses appeal

[Rupert Pupkin]

I'm probably in the minority but I feel the punishment is somewhat unfair. It just seems so arbitrary. Biancone only got a year for the snake venom. The snake venom seems a lot worse to me. I wouldn't have a problem if they gave Dutrow 2 or 3 years but 10 years seems extreme.

In general, I think most of the penalties given are way too light. I want them to get stricter and hand down more severe penalties but this just seems way too extreme and arbitrary. I think there are plenty of guys out there who are just as bad, if not worse than Dutrow. For example, how many violations does Asmussen have compared to Dutrow? Is Asmussen going to get 10 years the next time he has a positive test? I highly doubt it. He will probably get 60 days or something like that.

If Dutrow gets 10 years, that is probably the end of his career. If he used some totally banned substance I wouldn't have a problem with it. If they gave someone 10 years for EPO or snake venom, I wouldn't have any problem with that.