"Be Ye Clean!" This was the chant yelled by Sen. Charles Tobey - circa 1953 - at a presumed gangster at the witness table during the Kefauver crime hearings. The phrase comes to mind as we learn that the Brasilian
anti - doping labs will not be up to speed for the FIFA World Cup to be held in mid-June this year. There will be thirty-two teams playing in twelve cities miles apart. This crisis means that the athletes' "samples" will be flown to labs in Switzerland - 5625 miles away - where the folks in white coats will be working 24/7 - and the teams already will be playing subsequent games. These "futball" players' numbers are dwarfed by the 12,000 Olympians who will descend on Rio De Janiero in 2016 so it is hoped that the "Cariocas" will have their act together by then. Of course, in a perfect world we would all respond to Sen. Tobey's admonishment.
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