Victor Conte: Players are still doping and the leagues know it

August 16, 2023 by Jim Rich

Victor Conte in 2003 poses with an autographed photo of Marion Jones, whom the former BALCO head worked with personally to administer performance-enhancing drugs. source: AP

There is a warped irony in the timing between Netflix’s new sports-doping documentary, Untold: Hall of Shame, and the most recent suspension of a professional athlete for violating a league’s performance-enhancing drug policy.

The doc — which debuted last night and details the rise and fall of BALCO, its mastermind, Victor Conte, and the performance-enhancing drug scandal that rocked most of the sports world in the early 2000s — is presented with the nostalgia of a long-gone era. Yet, just two weeks ago, Dallas Cowboys RB Ronald Jones was suspended for violating the NFL’s PED policy.

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