(Ottawa, Ontario – January 24, 2010) – The Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport (CCES) announced today that Chris Butschler, a junior football coach for the South Surrey Rams (the franchise just moved to Langley where it has a new coaching staff and executive – CJFL), committed an anti-doping rule violation for tampering when he refused to allow anti-doping personnel access to his players during an unannounced in-competition doping control session.
In response to the CCES’ notification of the anti-doping rule violation, Mr. Butschler waived his right to a hearing, accepted a two-year period of ineligibility from sport, and admitted to a violation for tampering as he failed to fully cooperate with the CCES and thereby undermined a CCES sample collection session.
This is the first asserted tampering violation in Canada, and the first tampering violation in the world that is not related to tampering with a doping control sample.
“It is completely unacceptable to tamper with any part of the doping control process and represents a very serious breach of our anti-doping rules,” said Mr. Paul Melia, President and CEO of the Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport. “Coaches have a responsibility to play an active role in keeping sport clean and fair for all competitors.”
The CCES is an independent, national, non-profit organization. Our mission, to foster ethical sport for all Canadians, is carried out through research, promotion, education, detection and deterrence, as well as through programs and partnerships with other organizations.
Article updated: 7:00am January 25 2011
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