Tennis Officials drop case against Agassi.

So today officials announced that the case regarding Andre Agassi's drug revelations was closed for good. Why you ask? Simple, the statute of limitations expired five years ago (2005) since Agassi had admitted to using Crystal Meth in 1997, and the limit on the statute of limitations in the case was eight years.


Ricci Bitti, President of the International Tennis Federation had this to say, “The ATP is the only entity that could have shed light on what happened, but it’s too late,” Bitti said. “WADA asked information from the ATP without much success. As a member of WADA’s executive committee, I’m obviously very disappointed that Agassi—such a great and emblematic player—decided to make these revelations.

“I’m sure he had his reasons, which were not easy to understand. … There were a lot of strange reasons involved. From a sports point of view, it’s very unfortunate. I think what he did hurt our sport.”

Another issue Bitti is waiting on are the outcome of the appeals of Belgian players Yanina Wickmayer and Xavier Malisse who were both handed one-year bans for violating WADA's whereabouts rule. Both players had the suspensions lifted in December after appealing to a Beglian court, and both have pending appeals with the Court of Arbitration for Sport.

I have to agree with Bitti on this one, I'm still unsure of Agassi's reasons for admitting the use of Crystal Meth in his book over a decade later, and it did hurt the sport of tennis as a whole, maybe it was for monetary reasons? What do you think?


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