Whats the next step sports need to take to fight performance-enhancing drugs properly?
Pound: I think they just have to decide whether or not they want to be drug free or not. If they want to be drug free, it should be zero tolerance. Our deal is that we’re not going to have a hockey stick with more than this much bend in it, we’re not going to have pads that are this, we’re not going to use uniforms or equipment that are this, and we’re not going to use drugs. That’s our deal. If you break the deal, then you should be taken out. Say, “I’m sorry, if you’re going to play that way, you’re outside.” And maybe you should be outside for two years. Did you do it again? Bugger off. We don’t want you at all. THT: Do you think if any major sports league was really serious about being drug free, they could do so? Pound: Yes. Very Easily. THT: How discouraging is it to you, then, that it seems like they don’t want to be drug free? Pound: Well, this is a big elephant, this problem, and you’re going to have to do it one bite at a time. We set a good example, I think, in the Olympics.
