Ahead of the Indian cricket board's meeting with the International Cricket Council (ICC) on Sunday to sort out the players' concerns over anti-doping norms, the Federation of International Cricketer's Association (FICA) has made it clear that ICC, as things stand, cannot exempt any country from the mandatory WADA code
Ahead of the Indian cricket board's meeting with the International Cricket Council (ICC) on Sunday to sort out the players' concerns over anti-doping norms, the Federation of International Cricketer's Association (FICA) has made it clear that ICC, as things stand, cannot exempt any country from the mandatory WADA code.
"If the whereabouts provisions do not apply to all players from all countries then it should not be applied at all," FICA chief executive officer Tim May told IANS.
"FICA does not represent Indian players. Nonetheless, players from other countries do have concerns with the system ranging from the administrational burden of the system and various privacy issues," May said.
May, a former Australian off-spinner, said FICA and its players have reluctantly accepted the WADA code. "ICC need to adopt these measures they are mandatory parts of the WADA code and at present it does not have the ability to exclude mandatory WADA provisions from its code.
"The concerns with these provisions is not confined to cricket. Numerous sports administrators and player associations have concerns with the system and these concerns are being relayed to WADA."
