^ Not exactly more understanding. I said what's he supposed to say meaning I don't agree with what he said. That's not a proper comparison at all. Nadal stands up for all his Spanish buddies, Gasquet, you name it, even Contador with that lame as hell contaminated steak excuse, which laughably the media bought. Djokovic stood up for his friend Troicki, all athletes do this whether deep down or not they even mean it. That, however, is way different to moaning to the media about drug testing only to then ask for more and quit moaning years later following a huge scandal with Armstrong. Federer has never moaned about drug testing and said he's ok with the whereabouts rule. Compare that to Nadal and Murray on that issue and this was years before the Armstrong scandal. He's just more mature about these things. I guess older and wiser since they complained about this like kids in the past whereas he knows how important drug testing is and had the sense to not belittle it to the media and make himself look like a little girl who lost her Barbie doll.
Compare this from Federer in 2009:
"It's a tough system, no doubt. It's a significant change to what we were used to before, so I think it takes some getting used to it.
I feel like this is how you're going to catch them, right? You're not going to catch them ringing them up and saying, 'Look, I would like to test you maybe in two days.' The guy's cheating and they're smart, right? It's an hour a day. I know it's a pain, but I would like it to be a clean sport, and that's why I'm OK with it."
To this from Nadal in 2009:
"I think it [whereabouts] shows a lack of respect for privacy. I think it's a disgrace, particularly knowing what our sport is like. Even my mother or my uncle do not know where I am sometimes, so having to send a message or to be scared all day in case there is a last-minute change seems to me to be a complete exaggeration...
Those are things that completely have to change, and there is a unanimous voice on that in the locker room. It is an intolerable hunt. We have proved that we are a clean sport. You can count (doping) cases with one hand."
And this from Murray in 2009:
"These new rules are so draconian that it makes it almost impossible to live a normal life. I got a visit at 7am one morning at my home right after I had travelled home from Australia. I woke up not really knowing where I was and suffering badly from jet lag. It seemed ridiculous to me as I'd been tested just four days earlier, straight after the match I had lost in the Australian Open.
The official who came to my home wanted me to produce identification to prove who I was. He insisted on watching me provide a sample, literally with my trousers round my ankles, and then insisted that I wrote down my own address, even though he was at my private home at 7am.
I may miss a flight or a flight could be delayed, yet I have to let WADA know exactly where I will be, even when I am resting. They even turned up at my hotel in Miami while I was on holiday...
I support drug testing and strongly condemn any use of drugs in sport, but there has to be a more realistic and practical way to deal with the problem with tennis players."
Now you tell me who looks better there. There's a cookie for first prize. Here's the link btw, those quotes are on this link.
http://sportsanddrugs.procon.org/view.answers.php?questionID=001386
