CPad

Satirist, blogger. You give me material; I make the satire.
I am also a fan of baseball, soccer & many other sports.
Anti-Racist--no exceptions.

[CPad @cargilb]

@RayJack97010720 https://t.co/3jouOGuUdE

[CPad @cargilb]

“The 40-Week Steroid Loophole: How Boxing’s Testing System Fails by Design”

Boxing is supposed to be a gentleman’s agreement. Two men step into the ring on a level playing field, each promising to follow rules. But beneath that veneer lies a bitter truth—the proverbial smelling salt under the nose:

the sport’s anti-doping system is broken—by design, not accident.

Let’s not continue to lie. In professional boxing, drug testing only takes place during training camp. That’s typically 8 to 12 weeks, a small and insignificant time period in a calendar that holds 52 weeks.
The other 40-plus weeks of the year? A free-for-all. No tests. No oversight. No consequences.
It isn’t a loophole--it’s a red-carpet encouraging cheating.

Most of the top boxers fight once or twice a year. In between fights, They are not tested. They are, for all practical purposes, free to use performance-enhancing drugs (PEDs) with impunity.

Growth hormone, designer steroids, EPO, testosterone blends—it’s the Wild West out there, but with better labs and smarter masking agents—like IV.

Once they have a date for the next training camp. They cycle off. All they have to do is know the right people, know the right doctors, the right nutritionists the right supplements suppliers and they’ll be clean before any commission ever shows up to draw blood.

Testing is a Mirage

Fans hear "drug tested" and think, “Oh, my fighter is clean.”

Reality check: boxing’s testing is a farce. Most fighters aren’t in any registered testing pool outside of camp. And even within camp, the testing is often scheduled or predictable.

Fighters and their teams know the system inside and out. And what we end up with grotesque parody of fairness, where clean fighters risk their lives against opponents who’ve had months—maybe years—of taking PEDS.

Let’s call it what it is: engineered negligence.
When you have enablers in High Places, the negligence is engineered.

Promoters don’t talk about this. Networks don’t mention it. And sanctioning bodies are too busy manufacturing belts to care about what’s coursing through the veins of their “champions.”
The unspoken rule in boxing is: Don’t ask. Don’t test. Don’t ruin the show.

What Needs to Change

Mandatory year-round testing. All top 20 ranked fighters in each division should be in a registered testing pool.

Randomized blood and urine tests. Not just during camp, but during off-season, vacations, and retirement announcements that mysteriously get walked back.

Independent oversight. Testing must be handled by third-party agencies, not commissions with conflict of interest or underpaid personnel.

Until these reforms happen, every fight is suspect. Every win is shadowed. Every punch carries the weight of doubt.

Boxing doesn’t just have a PED problem—it has a don’t-ask-don’t-tell culture. And as long as fans, fighters, and journalists pretend testing only matters during camp, we’re all complicit in the lie.

[Jay 💫 @BrunsonRunsNYC]

2 more fucking wins and the lifelong drought comes to an end this can’t be happening to me

[We don't deserve cats 😺 @catsareblessing]

He Found His Late Mother's Cat Waiting For Her 💔

[CPad @cargilb]

@MilleyMich39119 Lucia Rijker shouldn't have done that to her.

[CPad @cargilb]

@nogamelowlife @MilleyMich39119 😂😂😂

[CPad @cargilb]

@MAGASouthEastFL @MilleyMich39119 😂😂😂. Great idea

[Giggling Ganon @GigglingGanon]

P*ssed off father addresses township board over the cover up of an accident where his wife his son were hit by the son of a friend of the chief of police.

This father is demanding accountability at a North Huntingdon Township Board of Commissioners meeting, but the backstory behind this confrontation is a chilling look at a family's fight against small-town corruption.

​On July 7, 2024, Kathleen Morcheid was driving with her 13-month-old son, Jordan, when a vehicle driven by 22-year-old Nolan Patrick Mullen crossed the center line, striking them nearly head-on. Accident reconstruction experts later testified that Mullen was flying at 90 MPH in a 35 MPH zone just five seconds before the collision.

​While the toddler miraculously survived without major injuries, Kathleen suffered life-altering harm, including a severe traumatic brain injury and permanent physical tremors that stripped her of her career as a nurse.

​Nicholas Carrozza, the child’s father seen at the podium, quickly uncovered what he alleges is a deep-seated conflict of interest. Local critics and public complaints allege that Mullen’s father was close personal friends with high-ranking local police officials.

Carrozza claims responding officers failed to perform standard on-scene sobriety testing, ignored witnesses who saw the driver laughing after the crash, and systematically stonewalled his family's Right-to-Know requests for body camera footage and basic police reports.

​The systemic frustration peaked when the District Attorney’s office offered Mullen a lenient plea deal—dismissing the felony chargesin exchange for probation and home electronic monitoring.

Fortunately, a Westmoreland County judge took the unusual step of rejecting the plea deal, stating home monitoring was entirely inappropriate for an offense requiring prison time.

Carrozza fought back with constitutional law. He openly called out Township Manager Harry Fulk for attempting to bypass him, exposed threats of arrest from the DA for asking questions, and vowed to strip the board members of their qualified immunity via a federal civil rights lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983.

As of June 2026

​The fallout has turned into a massive First Amendment battle. Instead of transparent answers, local authorities hit Carrozza with a wave of criminal charges, ordering him to stand trial for misdemeanor counts of disrupting a public meeting, illegal recording in a police lobby, and endangering a public official after he posted an officer's photo online to criticize the department.

​Carrozza maintains that these charges are an unconstitutional overreach designed to criminalize citizen activism and silence a father demanding justice for his permanently injured wife and child. Meanwhile, the family home has fallen into foreclosure due to mounting medical debt.

As far as the driver.

Mullen's defense attorney requested a special pretrial hearing to challenge the state's evidence, specifically arguing that Morcheid's injuries did not legally meet the threshold of "serious bodily injury" and that the felony charge should be thrown out.

​Judge Stewart firmly rejected the defense's request to drop the felony charge. The judge noted that Morcheid's daily life remains entirely upended by her ongoing brain injury symptoms, headaches, speech issues, and physical tremors. The prosecution also successfully presented accident reconstruction data proving Mullen was driving 90 MPH in a 35 MPH zone just five seconds before the impact, which the court agreed was the absolute "definition of recklessness."

Because the defense's efforts to dismiss the charges failed, Judge Stewart ruled that the final determination of fault and the severity of the crash must be decided by a local jury. Mullen remains charged with felony aggravated assault by vehicle, misdemeanor reckless endangerment, and multiple traffic summaries as the case moves toward a formal criminal trial.

[Abier @abierkhatib]

I really hope ‘God’s promise’ doesn’t include Albania too on top of everything else!

[Irlandarra @martinez_j7902]

Girl is crying her 10 year old brother has been arrested by the Zionists in occupied Palestine.

The good guys in history never did things like this.

[CPad @cargilb]

@6RIr8b7JIt0x1pt Those 2 are adorable. My heart goes thump thump thump when I see them hugging.

[CPad @cargilb]

I am only buying Ben and Jerry's ice cream from now on.
Bless Mr Cohen for standing up against genocide and evil.

[Irlandarra @martinez_j7902]

Ben Cohen, co-founder of Ben & Jerry's, was arrested after confronting Robert F. Kennedy Jr. about Gaza during a hearing on Capitol Hill: “Congress sent the bombs that kill children in Gaza and paid for them with cuts to Medicaid,” he shouted before his arrest.

[Ahmet Gemici @ahmetgemici2990]

Posso farvi una richiesta? Per favore, non smettete di parlare della Palestina. Lasciate un punto per influenzare l'algoritmo. 💔🇵🇸 Mi seguireste per sostenere?

[CPad @cargilb]

@ktsmj1004 I want a clingy little monkey too.

[Ahmet Gemici @ahmetgemici2990]

Posso farvi una richiesta? Per favore, non smettete di parlare della Palestina. Lasciate un punto per influenzare l'algoritmo. 💔🇵🇸 Mi seguireste per sostenere?

[Irlandarra @martinez_j7902]

“Were Israel not to exist, the United States of America would have to invent an Israel to protect her interests in the region.”

Joe Biden, 1986. Genocide Joe

[Yahoo Sports @YahooSports]

The Knicks have reportedly canceled all Game 3 watch parties outside MSG due to President Donald Trump's attendance.

A hard closure is expected around Madison Square Garden, with no watch parties, vehicle access or pedestrian traffic permitted in the secured area, according to CBS News.

[CPad @cargilb]

@InternetH0F What is Trump's favorite basketball team?
The Spurs.

[CPad @cargilb]

@trumps_kitten @supressedvoic What does that have to do with her news coverage of this issue?
If that were true she would be afraid to speak just like Trump is afraid to go against Israel because of the Epstein files, which Netanyahu is blackmailing him with.

[Irlandarra @martinez_j7902]

US Journalist 🇺🇸: Professor Marandi , You are a US citizen born in Richmond, Virginia. You are eligible to be elected US President.

Professor Marandi : I am not… Journalist : Why not?

Professor Marandi : Because my name is not in the Epstein Files.

[تركي الشلهوب @TurkiShalhoub]

المستوطنون منبوذون في كل دول العالم...

مواطنون برازيليون يطردون سياحًا إسرائيليين، بعد محاولتهم الاعتداء على امرأة تحمل علم فلسطين.

[حازم 𓂆 @ABO_Watan9]

غزة تُترك للموت والجوع أمام أعين 2 مليار مسلم..