Nowadays, there is much hype and debate going around regarding the Indian cricket players rejecting the controversial "Whereabouts Clause" instituted by WADA and kind of stuff. What is WADA, what exactly is Whereabouts Clause, and why Indian cricket players along with the BCCI (Board of Control for Cricket in India) have reservations about this?
WADA (World Anti-Doping Agency) was established in 1999 in an effort to fight against doping in international sports. It is headquartered in Montreal, Canada. Whereabouts Clause requires the players/athletes to furnish information about their location three months in advance and sparing 1 hour between 6 and 11 p.m. every day for WADA officials to conduct out-of-competition random tests. It is because one of the key elements for the efficacy of doping control is to check a players/athletes out-of-competition and without prior notice. Indian cricket players have reservations about this clause citing a couple of reasons including invasion of their privacy and security concerns.
One fails to understand why when all the other cricketing nations have agreed to WADA guidelines, only Indian cricket team is having problems with accepting it. This shows the obnoxious and stubborn attitude of the Indian cricket team, and the most weird thing is that the immaturity shown by the BCCI by going hand in glove with their players. While it is understandable that it will cause some inconvenience to players, at the same time one has to be responsible towards the game and committed in all spheres and cope up with these sort of things in an effort to weed out the doping mania completely from the sporting world before it spreads its tentacles further. Hopefully, the Indian players will heed to the WADA's call and accept the same.
© 2009 Zafarulla Khan
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