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Originally Posted by CSC
I don't know if I'd call a 45 day suspension inconsequential, I understand where you are coming from, you need to see the smoking gun in the hand before you can convict so to speak...I for one think it's beneficial to look at all the factors as they have been cited here numerous times already, to ignore them I believe one is not completely looking at the entire picture here.
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Pletcher was guilty, it was a positive under the rules then, I wouldn't have voted to give him a complete pass.
However - when I compare Pletcher's positive for a whiff of mepivicaine (and the procaine), to Biancone's, "I didn't know the cobra venom was in my barn" and Rod Stewart's, "My wife emptied the fridge and I didn't know either" - then add in Biancone's past (international) history, and Pletcher's past history - well, Pletcher isn't the one I'm going to turn up my nose in disgust at.