As part of the PTPA’s commitment to advancing meaningful, logical, and lasting anti-doping reform in professional tennis, the PTPA has actively collaborated with the World Players Association to identify solutions and best practices for improving the current anti-doping system’s numerous shortcomings.
Following extensive research and analyses on WADA’s approach and anti-doping programs across global sports, the World Players Association recently released its report Best Practice Improvements to Anti-Doping Programs, found below.
The report focuses on two fundamental building blocks for improving anti-doping programs, and eight key best practice improvements based on those building blocks.
Building Blocks:
- Adopt best practice governance standards
- Respect the internationally recognised human rights of athletes, including the right to organise and collectively bargain
Best Practice Improvements:
- An effective regime for contaminated substances
- Fast & effective dispute resolution
- Fully health & wellbeing based approaches to substances of abuse
- Tough but proportionate sanctions that take into account the needs of the sport
- Accessible and effective defences
- Protect athlete confidentiality
- Deliver education in partnership with the athletes
- Incorporate best practice on an ongoing basis
As the World Players Association states, “The implementation of these best practices would stop ongoing harm to athlete rights and resolve most cases of injustice under the Code.” Continue reading below to learn more about WADA’s current approach and the World Players Association and PTPA’s best practice improvements for creating a more fair, logical and consistent anti-doping program.
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