Comparing Approaches to Anti-Doping: WADA, MLB, NBA, NHL, NFL & UFC: Part 2

Tuesday, 21 September 2021 Author: Alastair Campbell

The purpose of this series of articles is to review and compare the approach to key aspects of anti-doping policy taken by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) and the World Anti-Doping Code (the WADA Code), the National Football League (NFL), National Basketball Association (NBA), Major League Baseball (MLB), National Hockey League (NHL) and Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). The first instalment of this article (available here) compared the following:

Governance and drafting;
Participation at the Olympics and Winter Olympics
Testing; and
Types of offence.

This second instalment will compare the approaches taken to anti-doping dispute resolution, confidentiality and publication of results and sanctions, substances of abuse, and therapeutic use exemptions (TUEs).

Part 3 (available here) will then consider the questions of sanctions, defences and additional consequences.

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Tags: Anti-Doping | Anti-Doping Rule Violations (ADRV) | Court of Arbitration for Sport | Cycling | Dispute Resolution | Governance | Integrity | Investigations | MLB | NBA | NFL | NHL | Regulation | Therapeutic Use Exemptions (TUE) | UFC | USADA | WADA | World Anti-Doping Code

Written by

Alastair Campbell

Alastair is a sports lawyer and partner at Level. He acts for clients in the sports sector across a broad range of issues, from contractual matters to questions of public law. He also specialises in conduct, disciplinary and regulatory work, advising on non-contentious issues such as the drafting of regulations and procedures, as well as acting on contentious disciplinary matters (including cases related to betting and integrity). He is experienced in advisory work and has extensive knowledge of regulatory structures in football.