Anyways..
I was on the road yesterday and much of today, so I just now saw it. Your PM to me was merely a copy of your reply post on that thread that got deleted -- the reply post of which I saw, btw -- so I'm not sure why you're resending it to me. You didn't adequately address the points I brought up -- mainly, the triviality of your claim that caffeine drinks are somehow "juicing" (and yes, you made that assertion directly with a "that's not Olympic behavior" capper -- there are no innuendos or misunderstandings here whatsoever).
So you seem to be going around in circles -- first, a charge of "juicing" against John Schmidt which you were resoundingly rebuffed on in your original (now-deleted) thread. Then, in that same now-deleted thread, you replied with a link that defines "juicing" -- which was very specific about "juicing" being anabolic steroids -- therefore being very obvious that you were back-pedaling. Now, you've PM'ed me a copy of a reply post in that now-deleted thread where you danced around the charges I pointed out.
I'm not sure what you are trying to achieve here. To be perfectly clear, love-Mosconi-and-dislike-Schmidt or not, accusing John of "juicing," or putting energy and vitamin B12 booster drinks in the same class as anabolic steroids, HGH, Creatine, or any of the other performance-boosting chemicals that athletes are getting busted on in blood and urine tests, is an absolute RIDICULOUS assertion. Full stop.
Thank you, though, for purchasing a membership here. At least that shows you're not a single-digit/teens postcount troll here merely to stir the sh*t and be gone the next day or week.
-Sean
Ok.. I see what your talking about. first the 5-hour. His admission, not mine. The contents are unregulated and third party tests found problems with whats in it compared to as advertised. which matched items on the multiple lists maintained by the doping people. I found matching items. B12 only gives an energy boost if you have a deficiency and he is not a likely candidate for that. Caffeine, yep moved to monitoring as in if you win and then tested you can have a reasonable amount, however at some level they can get upset and strip the win. To the best of my knowledge. 5-hour has a lot of stuff to get you going, That list was pretty good. Just Bad and no back-pedal on it or on the testing that should of been done.
Juicing. geese.. not using that word anymore for one due to additional meanings. Do I think he was using them? I'm just not expert enough to say without seeing him more often. If given the choice of testing him. I would. Would they help his pool game. sure, tone muscles work better and they help with growth. You don't need to look like a weightlifter to use them. After seeing the doping list and how big it is, there are a lot of other things that are restricted and must make you think better.
I'm a little behind in the information verification area and I wanted to verify what I remembered was correct today. This is a person we are talking about. Using 5-hour style drinks to help your game in not OK with me. I don't want to see this as an acceptable thing by any means as it makes a joke out of the game and hurts it's future outlook. IMHO. I didn't and still don't want to be making flawed allegations.
If you look at his Facebook and so on you can decide for yourself. The side effects include premature hair loss, (could be age and stress) breast development (He just got married), Splayed teeth, (maybe but can't tell for sure) and overgrowth of the forehead (looking at photos maybe), and acne. I did see bumps but hard to tell and I'm not spending hours looking for bumps on some dudes face. Those 2 front teeth aren't looking the greatest.
Something this important should be regulated so another round of "No he cheated and you really won but were robbed of your celebration, earnings, etc, etc, to bad" bike drama. these things really need to be tested more in this day and age.
Testing should be a requirement for all records today.
Hey here's a fun thought. He needed all this doping so he could make big runs when he wanted but he was actually hustling us into believing it was hard so he needed to play in his own hall and just capture it on video with nobody ever knowing. Now you might wonder.. could he of hit more? Is he holding back? Can he run as many as he want's? Can I have this problem please?
Anyways.. Not Back Pedal... Not a victory... nuff by me said.. I have other things to work on like this new cue.