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Setting Bad Precedent
This was a really bad idea. Really bad.
A judge issued a temporary injunction on Wednesday that lifted Jeremy Mayfield’s drug suspension, saying the NASCAR driver is free to race at Daytona this weekend.
U.S. District Court Judge Graham Mullen concluded the “likelihood of a false positive in this case is quite substantial.” The decision came after NASCAR’s lawyers portrayed Mayfield as a danger to the sport after he tested positive for methamphetamines on May 1. He was suspended indefinitely eight days later.
Mayfield’s lawyers argued he never used recreational drugs and that NASCAR’s testing system was flawed.
It doesn’t matter if the test was “flawed” or what the likelyhood of a false positive was. This judge has now set precedent so every athlete in every sport can now run to the courts to have their suspensions overturned while the investigation of their possible abuse continues.
This was a really bad thing to do. There are other ways to handle it, and this was definitely not the best way.
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