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Code Compliant Systems: Code Compliant Systems Terry Madden
Sample Letters: Sample Letters Notice – A sample and B Sample
Acceptance of Laboratory Findings
Waiver of right to B Sample Analysis and Waiver of Right to Contest Laboratory Findings
Acceptance of Provisional Suspension
Sample Letters: Sample Letters Charging Letter
Sanction
Notice of Public Announcement
Timelines
Negotiations: Be Honest – NADO Integrity
Athlete should be represented by legal counsel
Show the athlete and legal counsel your entire case
When speaking with the athlete and legal counsel, two representatives of the NADO should attend Negotiations
Negotiations: Negotiate from the most serious sanction to lower or minor sanction; don’t negotiate against yourself
Expect your conversations to appear in the media
Negotiate press releases
Supplement cases
Keep the IF and WADA informed Negotiations
Expedited Procedures: Expedited Procedures “USADA may shorten any time period set forth in these procedures where doing so is reasonably necessary to resolve an athlete’s or other person’s eligibility before a protected competition. The shortened time periods shall continue to protect the right of the athlete or other person to a fair hearing and shall not prohibit the athlete's or other person’s right to request three arbitrators or choose a neutral arbitrator.”
Article13 of the USADA Protocol for Olympic Movement Testing
Specified Substances: Specified Substances What are the IF’s expectations?