Tyler

[Veronica]

And that the results from different machines can be so different!

I have students who cheat - caught one yesterday. It's not something I understand.

V.

[robyn_jl]

Wow, thanks for the link to the actual report, aka-kim! I had pretty much assumed with great sadness that Tyler must be guilty, but I have to say the dissenting opinion at the back of the report really made some persuasive arguments about the tests he failed not being very scientific. It managed to put some doubt back in my mind.

Which isn't to say that Tyler didn't dope. But I think he has very good grounds for appeal. If no studies have been done to determine just how many false positives for mixed red blood cells might occur in an average population, the test is really not valid. Further studies should be done -- and it certainly should not be used to determine the future of an athlete's career and life.

Most likely Tyler was taking something experimental that caused the strange results . . . but if it turns out that it's just something weird with his blood that is natural . . . wow, that would really be a bummer to have the whole world turn against you with no reason . . .

I wish him strength either way!