USADA handling all testing, punishments and appeals Usada taking over all of UFC's testing as well as handing suspensions, bans and appeals Two year minimum ban Minimum ban will be 2 years, extendable up to 4 years for aggrevating circumstances (Attempting to avoid tests, tampering with test, coercing others into doping etc). 2nd offence 4/8 years, 3rd offence life. Previous offences will count towards total (For some specified substances ban will be 1-2 years) State Commissions expected to follow in line with bans handed out by USADA State commissins will be expected to follow USADA bans. In situations where SAC ban is longer UFC will respect that ban, if USADA ban is longer UFC will respect USADA ban. State commissions will have access to all test results and biological passport information. Full out of competition testing with whereabouts system Athletes will have to log on through web or app to put in their whereabouts for a set window for every day. They will then be tested randomly out of competition. Missed tests count against you, three missed tests is a ban Biological Passport system to spot non-positive doping system records all athletes values over a period of time potentially leading to bans when an athlete is believed to be doping, crazy blood values, test levels going up and down in the abscence of a positive. TUE's handled by USADA All TUE's (Theraputic use exemptions) will go through USADA. They will pass that info onto UFC and Zuffa USADA working with other Anti Doping Agencies to conduct testing in All juristrictions So USADA will request Brazilian anti doping, UK Anti Doping etc etc to carry out tests on their behalf. In Competition testing Defined as 6 hours before weigh in to 6 hours after fight Minimum 2750 tests per year USADA contracted to do a minimum number of tests per year, but will be higher as required. Novitzky co-ordinating with USADa and other organisations (Fusionetics/Exos) for education as well as rehabilitation assistance, injury prevention, training advice etc etc Fusionetics and Exos now in partnership with UFC to handle training advice, injury prevention etc etc, and new UFC HQ will have custom training and recovery centre for athletes to use. All comes into force on July 1st of this year
Excellent, but why even have this: TUE's handled by USADA All TUE's (Theraputic use exemptions) will go through USADA. They will pass that info onto UFC and Zuffa There should be no TUE, period. Although this must mean something other than TRT, right? So maybe I'm wrong on this.
