His name is Travis Tygart.
This man is a True Believer.
This man is the US Anti Doping Agency mouthpiece and he is a zealot.
He is a man whose agenda is to inject his employer into professional boxing at the highest levels. He’s a salesman whose goal is to generate fees for his company, not some philosopher-sportsman.
According to Tygart, it’s all about protecting–and here’s his “phrase that pays”–“the Clean Athlete.”
In case you have not cracked the code, “the Clean Athlete” is USADA pet, Floyd Joy Mayweather Jr.
Thus, by the process of elimination, we know that Manny Pacquiao is either “the Dirty Athlete” or merely a highly suspicious character who keeps passing one nonrandom drug test after another.
Make no mistake, Tygart is a Pacquiao enemy, an unappointed prosecutor who has, for his own selfish reasons, tried to convict Pacman as a steroid cheater.
Tygart, a lawyer and a flack (interesting combo career), has had some success in nailing Pacquiao to the Cheater’s Cross without a shred of proof.
Never once has Tygart been quoted as applying these three little words, “presumption of innocence” to Pacquiao.
Then again, why should he when he plays for the other team?
To hear controversial Tygart speak on Boxing Truth Radio, click right here.
Tygart has done some damage, really.
I meet people every day–black, white, Latino, even some Asians (if not Pinoys)–who believe that Pacquiao has not bowed down, caved in for totally random blood testing because he has something to hide, whether it’s HGH, EPO and/or something else.
See Scott Heritage on what Mayweather’s blood testing legacy may turn out to be.
USADA Mouthpiece Travisd Tygart always refers to “the Clean Athlete,” his code name for his pet, Floyd Mayweather. Or maybe Tygart is Floyd’s pet, either way this is not a neutral party
Tygart goes before the Nevada State Athletic Commission today (Wednesday) as the five political appointees who sit on the boxing board conduct a drug test reform hearing.
Longtime Las Vegan and boxing physician Dr. Robert Voy is also slated to testify.
Voy’s lifelong agenda has always been to help boxers, be they pro or amateur. Many times those boxers have not been able to pay his bills or did not bother to.
Floyd Mayweather is always referred to as “the Clean Athlete” when USADA Travis Tygart’s lips are flapping (AP Photo)
Those fighters, even the Golden Gloves and four round pro prelim types, got the same treatment from Dr. Voy that he would give a high profile guy like Mike Tyson or Evander Holyfield.
That’s how Dr. Voy rolls.
We know how this treacherous Tygart rolls, how he is looking to bury Pacman if he can.
I don’t think even this grandstanding character can derail Mayweather-Pacquiao.
It’s too big an economic engine, rolling down the express track for the MGM Grand on Nov. 13.
I don’t reject the USADA’s participation in the fight. No one is against both Manny and Floyd being clean or, as far as random testing can determine that they are free of banned drugs.
But Tygart poisons the well. Tygart is a Mayweather advocate.
Tygart should step away from the fight.
When he speaks about “the Clean Athlete,”that translates to Mayweather.
Tygart should take his Mayweather pom poms and take a walk.
If Tygart cares to try to convince me, otherwise he can contact me by email.
I believe in fairness, does he?
Travis Tygart bio:
Travis T. Tygart joined USADA in October 2002 as Director of Legal Affairs. In October 2004, he became Senior Managing Director and General Counsel, overseeing all legal and communication matters for USADA, including the prosecution of alleged doping offenses in arbitration before the American Arbitration Association (AAA) and the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).
Tygart was involved with drafting the USADA Protocol for Olympic Movement Testing and the World Anti-Doping Agency?s Code, the core document that provides a framework for anti-doping policies, rules, and regulations within sport organizations and among public authorities.
He served as the legal expert for the WADA Independent Observer Team at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester, England and was a USADA representative at the 2003 World Conference on Doping in Sport in Copenhagen, Denmark. Tygart also has been a participant at the Council of Europe, the Association of National Anti-Doping Agencies and was a presenter at the 2003 WADA Out-of-Competition (OOC) Symposium.
He is a frequent invited speaker at sports conferences, including Play the Game in Copenhagen, the Harvard and Stanford Sports Law Conferences, the National Institute for Sports Law, and the American Bar Association Entertainment and Sports Law Forum.
Tygart currently serves on the board of advisors for the Taylor Hooton Foundation, the Society for Major League Baseball (MLB) Strength and Conditioning Coaches, and the House Government Reform Committee’s Zero Tolerance Roundtable.
Prior to joining USADA, Tygart was an associate in the sports law practice group at Holme, Roberts and Owen, LLP (HRO). While at HRO, Tygart worked with individual athletes and several sport entities, including the United States Olympic Committee (USOC), USA Basketball, USA Swimming, USA Volleyball, the Pro Rodeo Cowboys Association, and the Mountain West Conference.
Originally from Jacksonville, Fla., Tygart graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a bachelors degree in philosophy and earned his J.D. from Southern Methodist University in 1999, graduating Order of the Coif. He has published law review articles addressing anti-doping issues, the antitrust implications for professional sports, and Title IX’s impact on high school athletics.
