"Professional" Tennis Player
The doping debate has been a hot topic recently because of Guillermo Canas' two consecutive wins over Roger Federer and stellar play at The Pacific Life and Sony Ericsson Opens. It is fair to assume that official tournament trainers and doctors should be aware of the doping guidelines and therefore should never recommend that a player take a supplement or medication that would violate these rules. Therefore, some tennis fans complain that a
player should not be suspended for a couple years (Canas’ original two year suspension was later reduced to 15 months) for taking a medication that was recommended by a tournament doctor (which appears to have been the case with Canas). However, we are talking about professional athletes who get paid a lot of money to play tennis for a living. Tennis pros are reminded repeatedly that they are responsible for everything that they put into their bodies. Therefore, as professional athletes they must constantly double-check that what they are consuming is allowed according to the rules. In the business world, a manager who is preparing a critical report for the company CEO is responsible for all of the data contained in the report. Therefore, he/she needs to verify that any information he/she didn't personally collect has been double-checked by others involved in the preparation of the report. Similarly, when a pro tennis player is told to take a vitamin or medication, he/she has the responsibility to double-check that the substance doesn't violate the drug policy.
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