'biju said:
Another person had already tested positive during the same sampling. There were empty cups already out that were not sealed of which one was used capture the remaining sample. Furthermore, this is the 7th test that needed to be thrown out for this tester in the last 6 months. Obviously, this guy is doing something wrong.
I'm not saying it's the most likely scenario (as I suspect your next move is to call out Occam's Razor). But I do find it interesting that in this case people are very willing to choose findings over process--there's a reason why the process exists and it's to eliminate times where findings are incorrect. This is the perfect storm of why the process needs to win.
First part of the bolded is based only on the testimony of Sherman after the fact as read in the letter linked earlier from his lawyers.2nd part of it we have heard in here...but there has yet to be anything shown to back this up as far as the tester is concerned.
And again...do you think if there was a drop or two of piss in one of those cups...and the tester was dumb enough to use a cup previously used...right in front of Sherman...and he was dumb enough to not say anything right there...that the few drops of piss mixed with his own would shown enough to trigger a positive test?
In this case people are willing to trust the results of the test that in all liklihood are accurate despite what Sherman's legal team is trying to present.
I think all agree the process needs to be done better...but most sane people will agree the guy was likely guilty and would not keep trying to defend this as the few Hawks fans keep doing.