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Old 08-20-2009, 11:30 PM
RockHardTen1985 RockHardTen1985 is offline
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Originally Posted by Bobby Fischer
"We are in an sporting era where if you aren't being ACCUSED of cheating, you really aren't doing all that good."

sure, if you want to be hyper-logical and fair beyond the standards of due diligence, Biancone has recieved extra attention because of the dramatic nature of the substance with which he was caught.

Still, a strong commissioning body would have done well to issue Biancone "the Black Spot", a lifetime ban from the sport, as much for the perception of his acts as for his transgressions. For it is the The perception here that makes the impact.

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A lifetime ban is crazy. Simply unfair.
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