— WADA policies would not prohibit Silva from competing in Rio in taekwondo, Howman said, because his failed drug tests did not come under the WADA code. Silva tested positive for steroids in January before a UFC fight. He has insisted he is clean.
"It's broken into several states where licenses are given and there are so many events, each of which has its own rules, that unless they coordinate and come together as a group, it's very difficult for a program to be run," he said.
Armstrong was given a lifetime ban from his sport in 2012 and admitted the following year his denials had been lies. He was stripped of his seven Tour de France titles.
— A WADA team was in Nairobi last week as Kenya works to establish its new anti-doping agency to combat a spate of positive tests.
Howman said the decision on whether Silva could take part in the 2016 Games would need to come from taekwondo's international governing body.
"He was able to beat the system in ways and means where others were complicit and others understood what he was trying to do. And I'm not just talking about his team. There was a healthy disrespect for the rules. I don't think that will happen again,Cheap NFL Jerseys China," Howman said. "We spent a lot of time, a lot of money. We fended off a lot of legal action (that was) all for nothing. And we're not going to be compensated. We haven't even been apologized to, and that's regrettable."
"(The NFL has) a bit of an issue with their collective bargaining agreement, which has not lent itself to the same, let's say, progressive anti-doping program that the Major League Baseball people have, and similarly at the NHL," he said. "I think there needs to be an attitudinal shift from the players. They should be making sure that they're delivering clean sport. They should be making sure that they're not protecting the bad guys, the one or two who may try to cheat or actually cheat."
— He anticipates golf will be improving for the 2016 Olympics because "the PGA Tour is developing a program that will be Olympic standard to ensure that the golfers who are on the tour can compete in Rio."
In discussing professional sports in the U.S., he criticized the NFL Players Association for not agreeing to more stringent anti-doping policies.
NFLPA spokesman George Atallah responded to the AP: "We know that WADA has to demonize athletes and unions to stay relevant. Our collectively bargained drug policies are strong and fair,NFL Jerseys Supply."
Donald Fehr, the executive director of the NHL Players' Association, did not respond to a request for comment.
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— Positive tests in soccer have been rare, in part Howman said because not enough testing is conducted.
Silva has been temporarily suspended by UFC and could be further sanctioned by the Nevada Athletic Commission, a ban the UFC would respect. He and Brazilian taekwondo officials are planning a news conference Wednesday about his hopes of participating in his home country's Olympics next year, which the national federation has called a "wonderful possibility."
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"I don't confine my comments to the NCAA within the United States. I would say internationally that's an area where there needs to be much more done because there are young athletes who are tempted to cheat in order to try to get the professional contracts," Howman said. "I don't think you can even say that there's such a thing as an amateur athlete these days except within the college system in this country."
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Howman said five positive tests in MLB in the last month are "worrisome" to that sport.
"I think they're conducting an inquiry to see why they have occurred, whether there was some link with any supplement or any other substance that might be spiked intentionally with some banned substance," he said.
— The NCAA conducts urine tests during championship events and tests during infrequent visits to campus during the rest of the year. Individual schools have differing programs.
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