If the IOC suffers from inertia, McCaffrey and others are willing to prod the IOC into action. McCaffrey will meet with European sports ministers in September and visit Australian leaders in November, when he hopes the governments might have a concrete plan. Funding will be no problem, he said. There's money galore. There are billions in TV revenues.
All sports organizations ought to protect their athletes.
The problem is young people think they have to use drugs to compete. McCaffrey, who has talked to ex-diplomat Henry Kissinger, a member of the IOC's reform committee, about the drug testing issue, didn't rule out cooperating with the IOC in establishing the drug agency. They don't have to become invalidated. Salt Lake City are getting closer. Getting a year-round testing system in place before Sydney is a tall order at this late date.