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Message: [QUOTE="Beemer, post: 4006176, member: 5218"] Give me a break....if you're an athlete and you know there is an ingredient in whatever you're taking/drinking/smoking on the prohibited list then you.do.not.use.it. and you especially do not use it right before a competition where there is drug testing. I mean this is basic common sense. It doesn't matter if the rule is wrong, out of date or whatever. You don't break them. If you do you will face consequences. Again, basic common sense. If change is needed then get it changed. Maybe Richardson thought the rules wouldn't apply to her since she is a top sprinter. Oops. Now she has forfeited (and rightly so) her opportunity to run in the Olympics. I give her full props for admitting what she did was wrong and not seeking to overturn the suspension, that is refreshing to see in an elite athlete. [/QUOTE]