Rent reduced for Riders, early budget items approved by Regina Council
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Council retroactively slashed $1.33 million in rent owed by the Roughriders.
Andrew Harris should know better.
The Winnipeg Blue Bombers all-star tailback likely isn’t a chronic cheater, but every athlete subject to drug testing gets told to be 100 per cent sure what they’re putting into their bodies.
First they’re told steroids and other performance-enhancing drugs are illegal, that there are punishments for having them in their systems. Then they’re told any supplement they’re ingesting, no matter what it states on the label, is not regulated.
It’s not the responsibility of the manufacturer to claim there are PEDs in the product, it’s the responsibility of the athlete to make sure they’re not taking anything that could be illegal.
Supplements are legally available for anyone to help improve their performance or their health. Most people aren’t subject to tests, like Harris and his CFL brethren are. Harris believes he took a tainted supplement and had traces of a banned substance in his blood and urine tests.
Only one person is responsible for what was in his system. He’s the guy who will be suspended for two games, according to the rules.