tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31819641.post3994192730222027129..comments2023-10-06T03:21:26.130-07:00Comments on trust but verify: Sunday RoundupDBrowerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17718913310467614671noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31819641.post-79680569941281192742008-05-11T19:08:00.000-07:002008-05-11T19:08:00.000-07:00"WADA's legal director Oliver Niggli explained tha..."WADA's legal director Oliver Niggli explained that the sheer complexity of the Landis case was the reason for such exorbitant legal costs. "The Landis case involves 400 pages of testimony, 6000 documents and five days of hearing," he said.<BR/><BR/>Niggli said that of WADA's $25 million annual budget, $1.7 million had been spent in the past 18 months on cycling-related doping cases. In contrast, the average cost of litigation for each WADA case is around $10,000."<BR/><BR/>I'm not crying for WADA or the UCI. Perhaps WADA should be more careful with their lab accreditations and aplication of their "rules" in the future in order to avoid the wasting of the best part of an athlete's career and the flushing of large amounts of money down the toilet.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09427604865634964926noreply@blogger.com