I think what emerged from all this is that some of the members hadn't thought carefully about the impact. It's a worse policy to have made a mistake and refuse to reconsider it.
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I think the IOC is trying to make this point, you may have had these laws when you got the games, but you promised to use our rules during the games, and that was a commitment of the Italian government, ... We're here now, it's almost 2006 and we want you to live up to your part of the deal.Dick Pound
We now have driven the stake through the heart of the argument that you have to have an analytical positive in order to have a doping infraction, or a confession.
Dick Pound
They have made a number of changes which have brought them much, much closer to compliance, and at this stage, FIFA and it's lawyers say, 'We have done everything we needed to do to be in full compliance. We think we are in full compliance,' ... We have our own lawyers who say, 'Well, there is still some question out there.'
Dick Pound
I hope they're getting the message. (The raid) should be one of the deterrents.
Dick Pound
I think it's good for sports generally. Finally, everybody's serious about this. Cheating and doping is one-tenth of 1 percent accident and 99.9 percent deliberate, and so we're going to catch you if you're doing it and we're going to work together if you're doing it.
Dick Pound
This draws a stake through the heart of the once sacrosanct argument that in order to have a doping infraction you must come with an analytical positive.
Dick Pound
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