Anti-doping and athletes' rights under EU law: Four-year period of ineligibility as disproportionate sanction?

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DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40318-018-0119-x" target="_blank" >10.1007/s40318-018-0119-x</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Anti-doping and athletes' rights under EU law: Four-year period of ineligibility as disproportionate sanction?

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

In this paper, I argue that a four-year period of ineligibility imposed for a first doping offence violates athletes&apos; rights under EU law. I believe that the effectiveness of the fight against doping, the deterrence effect for athletes considering taking banned substances or using prohibited methods as well as the stricter punishment of real cheaters are logic and legitimate aims, which can justify the restriction on athletes&apos; rights under EU law that a four-year period of ineligibility constitutes. Nevertheless, I show in this paper that the suitability of a four-year period of ineligibility to achieve the otherwise legitimate objectives is doubtful because it statistically does not lead to decrease of number of anti-doping rules violations. Furthermore, a four-year ban is disproportionate to these objectives for it goes beyond what is necessary to achieve a doping-free sport. I submit that the negative effects of such a long penalty overweight all the positive elements that the fight against doping brings. Instead, I suggest a set-back to a two-year period of ineligibility for a first violation of anti-doping rules which can achieve the desired goals with the same intensity as a four-year ban while being at the same time much more athletes&apos; rights friendly. Moreover, I think that WADA and other anti-doping bodies should focus rather on prevention and education of athletes in anti-doping principles and rules than on repression. I believe that it is better to prevent problems than to deal with their negative effects.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Anti-doping and athletes' rights under EU law: Four-year period of ineligibility as disproportionate sanction?

Popis výsledku anglicky

In this paper, I argue that a four-year period of ineligibility imposed for a first doping offence violates athletes&apos; rights under EU law. I believe that the effectiveness of the fight against doping, the deterrence effect for athletes considering taking banned substances or using prohibited methods as well as the stricter punishment of real cheaters are logic and legitimate aims, which can justify the restriction on athletes&apos; rights under EU law that a four-year period of ineligibility constitutes. Nevertheless, I show in this paper that the suitability of a four-year period of ineligibility to achieve the otherwise legitimate objectives is doubtful because it statistically does not lead to decrease of number of anti-doping rules violations. Furthermore, a four-year ban is disproportionate to these objectives for it goes beyond what is necessary to achieve a doping-free sport. I submit that the negative effects of such a long penalty overweight all the positive elements that the fight against doping brings. Instead, I suggest a set-back to a two-year period of ineligibility for a first violation of anti-doping rules which can achieve the desired goals with the same intensity as a four-year ban while being at the same time much more athletes&apos; rights friendly. Moreover, I think that WADA and other anti-doping bodies should focus rather on prevention and education of athletes in anti-doping principles and rules than on repression. I believe that it is better to prevent problems than to deal with their negative effects.

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J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

50501 - Law

Projekt

—

Návaznosti

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2018

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

International Sports Law Journal

ISSN

1567-7559

e-ISSN

2213-5154

Svazek periodika

2018

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

Únor

Stát vydavatele periodika

NL - Nizozemsko

Počet stran výsledku

11

Strana od-do

1-11

Kód UT WoS článku

000443999500003

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-85052997525