Malachy O’Rourke calls for more education after Monaghan player’s two-year drugs ban.
After the game, Malachy O’Rourke spoke for the first time about the two-year ban given to former Monaghan county panellist Thomas Connolly last week. Above all else, he says the case highlights the onus on the GAA to educate its players about antidoping.
“I don’t want to talk too much about it because it’s possible there’s an appeal and all the rest. The one thing we would have been strong on from the start is that Thomas from the start wasn’t educated in any way. He did take something innocently and he has paid a big price for it, his family and everything else.
“Drugs in sport in a wider context, nobody wants that. And neither does Thomas. It is a tough one for him. I think that the education he got wasn’t enough when there is such a harsh sanction for it.
Source: Malachy Clerkin, The Irish Times, 22/06/15
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