We have an expression in
Mexico that dates from the time when the judicial system started, “Pleito
ratero”: “When a person signed a contract,
and at the time the second party tries to obtain what it was contracted; the
person who signed the contracts looks for how to start a fight with the second
party to avoid payment.” It is
not in the net in English, so I give my best translation. This way of acting is quite common. Hugo Chávez says that he is fighting drug trafficking
and sighed agreements, but when the Colombians shoot the narco-guerrilla in the
Venezuelan territory located a few meters from the jungle border; Chávez made a
“pleito ratero”: “I ought to defend my
territory.” The “pleito ratero” comes
from a specific education THAT SEPARATES THE CHAMPION FROM THE REGULAR ATHLETE. An athlete was telling me about a research
done in Australia, where they look at child rearing practices in different
parts of the world. The researchers noticed
that at the age of five, in Australia, the child obeys or cries and feels ashamed
of what he/she did; but in different countries, including Mexico, the “pleito
ratero” is the norm.
As in the previous post: “It
doesn't change much if we take drugs enhancing when we do not have the proper
technique and speed. We can have an
athlete with a high VO2 max like Macca, but if he does not “know” how to go
fast he will never be fast. Increasing
hemoglobin does not make us fast, we need to be fast and then improve endurance
by doping if you believe in it.”
And the opposite, if we have the proper education we do not need the
drugs enhancing because we already there BIOLOGICALLY. We have athletes above 48 of hematocrite, never
reaching 50 at 1,600 meters of altitude, without USING ANY KIND OF DRUGS. You
can have an athlete like the one mentioned above with a meticulous diet,
recovery and support system. They are
educated to be champions, meaning not to use “pleito ratero” as a defense
mechanism or simply, not to be a “stupid” human being to use a “pleito ratero” consciously. We make our athletes conscientious of the
availability of the “pleito ratero” in our culture.
The police in Mexico stop you for any reason and the policeman tells you
that you are allowed to go if you pay the equivalent of $450.00, because they
are doing their job! Otherwise, they
confiscate your car and you pay the same amount for the fine (we know that if
the car gets to the police station one gets just a part of the car in return). The USADA makes deals with “dopers” and falls
into the same trap. George Hincapie
said: 10. The statement provided in
this affidavit were provided directly to USADA and have not previously been
provided to the Union Cyclist Internationale of USA Cycling… 7. I am aware that should I fail to provide
truthful information to USADA that I may lose any and all benefits of my
cooperation with USADA.
In Mexico, fighting drug trafficking with the army has
had very limited results because education is lagging behind. I am speaking of basic education, the
education that teaches kids not to use “pleito ratero.” The USADA started a fight against doping like
the Mexican army against trafficking without taking a look at collateral damage
and effectiveness as it is the case in Mexico.
EDUCATION SHOULD BE THE GOAL in the fight against doping and not a
Biological Passport. Informing the whereabouts
of the athletes with non-schedule visits as it is nowadays in some countries,
i.e. Switzerland, it is just enough with the proper education. I tell parents when they bring adolescents to
consultation: “Do unscheduled urine simple for drug screen and educate the kid.”
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