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Originally Posted by Seven
I'm firmly in that camp as well. Make it three of us!
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I feel like I have spent 20 years being gaslit on the PED controversy. The general assumption by most folks arguing that PED users should be forever stained is that if the Mitchell report and/or media did not specifically call you out as a PED user, you are clean. In both cases, the only PED users discovered typically fall into three categories: (1) the player was unpopular or not generous to the press; (2) the player refused to give into blackmail from trainers/others with knowledge of their use; and/or (3) players outed by others that were against the wall and had to give some names to reduce their own liability.
To suggest that most PED users have been exposed is like suggesting "most" tax evaders have been outed by the IRS and press. It defies common sense.