Communiction in sport around critical issues



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Sports in South Africa has had it's high and lows but on a general point of view, we have done well for ourselves. Rugby has been the one sport that has guarenteed us bragging rights internationally. My main focus on the blogg is not about success, pride, or bragging rights. My focus is about communication in sport around critical issues like the doping saga and the ongoing bribes in the cricket farternity. I'm curious to find out how S.A Sports bodies get to tackle these issues and how they get to impact on sports players. I want to know how doping organistions in South Africa get equip our sport personel about what substances they get to use or not in terms of enhancing and imrproving their sports careers. I guess we can't put all the blame on our sports organistions and medical personel, sometimes our sports players our the ones who are making the bad choices.

We have had a Protea player failing the doping test and not much information has been diclosed to inform the public about whats going to happen next but according to sports24.com Rory Kleinfeldt can send his B sample to be reviewed. "SACA on the other hand has decided to remove Kleinfeldt from the T20 squad as a Precaution"Sport24. Although it's not the only case we have amongst the years, doping in our sports farternity has been trailing on thin ice.

We had the Springbok rugby player's Chiliboy Ralepele and Bjorn Basson facing bannes in connection with doping tests that came back positive prior to the Ireland game 2010.According to SARU the two players "were eventually cleared after an investigation concluded that it wasn't their fault and that the stimulant was manufactured in the UK and was tested at SARU's request by one of only two laboratories in the world equipped to perform the necessary protocols in order to ensure that it complied with the requirements of the World Anti-Doping Authority (WADA)"Visit espn. It's imperative that not only do our sports players get crucified the minute they found guilty of something serious but to investigate and also lookout to protect them.



Gerald Majola being interviewed by Judge Nicholson (Zapiro)

Sports has turned into a very personal, money orientated proffession that has been abused and no body can be trusted. As I have touched on the Gerald Majola case on him being accused of bribery and fraud. Firstly I believe that fraud nor bribery are the two offences that are totally prohibited in sport and who ever is found guilty of the two offences should be sent packing. According to Judge Nicholson's report the Mr Gerald Majola has "contravened the Companies Act" and for that some of Mr Majola's colleagues have jumped ship sending out red flags to the matter (where's there's smoke the is fire)vsist eye witness news.

Dennis Cruywagen close associate of Mr Gerald Majola came to his friends defence by questioning Judge Nicholson's credibility to the case. "The minister was briefing reporters on the findings of a ministerial committee, headed by Nicholson, which investigated the affairs of Cricket South Africa.An external audit in 2011 found Majola had contravened sections 234, 235 and 236 of the Companies Act.
The ministerial committee concluded that the CSA board were complicit in a cover-up to protect Majola"visit Mail and Guardian. Judge Nicholson has decided in his report that the CEO of CSA be suspended for 180 days but this decision is still being reviewed until tomorrow at the Board of Directors meeting. I guess no body is above the law. The truth always prevails.