Being for honesty integrity inherently involves transparency... but I am an evil Canadian just wanting more medals for my country. 
What is wrong with you?
With me? What is wrong with you? Or is this your normal condition? I noticed you are always rude with me..despite to the fact I didn't have a bad word for you during the almost 6 years since I'm here.
Concern is neither here nor there unless there is a legal issue. The IOC asks the way it acts because they can within the bounds of law, unless someone proves they haven't, and because they think it is in their best interest. We can think they are behaving unethically, but that doesn't change the fact that they're a behemoth that can, and, in this case, CAS has agreed they can, and we don't know what legal constraints they were under or what kind of precedent that would set. Why would you expect them to behave in any way but in their best interest? When have the athletes been their primary concern?
The I.O.C. could be more transparent on that as well.
Yes, actually I'd very surprised. First, based on the statements of the IOC when they created the review committee, not being invited doesn't necessarily mean that a doping offense has been committed. Second, there is a group of the non-invited athletes that the IOC does believe are guilty of a doping offense, but the evidence wasn't sufficient for the CAS. Third, do you really think the IOC would admit to any error, and even if they did, they're covered by number one.
They may be forced to admit to an error, if the athletes continue to pursue it through courts. I can’t see that the athletes would want to just drop the issue, because it is throwing shade on their names and it is damaging their future careers. It is not just a one-off event and ‘it is done, let it go’. Everyone will be looking at them with suspicion while they don’t even know what is it that they are supposed to have done.
No, the IOC may not be able to release information publicly due to privacy issues. I'm aware of no reason why they couldn't inform the athletes.
I have no reason to believe that Stolbova & Bukin are lying, but I'm not sure about the flow of information in the Russian sports administration at this time. I've said before that we have no reason to trust the information being given from the Russian Olympic Committee, and the information from the IOC would go to the ROC first, and then it would be the ROC that would communicate with the athlete. At least, that's how it normally works.
No, there are always privacy concerns when it comes to doping. Organizations are not allowed to release information about positive tests until the athletes have been notified, and in many cases, until a discipline decision has been determined.
If that was the case IOC would have come out and stated that they have already communicated the reasons to ROC for each athlete, which they haven’t done so.
Fair point.
That's just not true, often we don't hear about positive tests until quite a while after they have occurred because the process has to play out. Look at what happened with the Russian's who went before the Oswald Commission. In those cases where the commission found in favour of the athlete, the athlete's name was not released.
Well athletes aren’t responsible for what the state orders them to do! They could flee of course and become sports refugee but there are few cases of sports refugees. Like all refugees there is the matter of leaving families behind! That’s why total immunity for any athletes who turn in their phones where they texted the Russian ministry their doping control form and bottle numbers so they could change their urine would be best. In a total autocratic dictatorship like Russia where there is no democracy or freedom and state runs everything you have to be understanding! Like their was for east Germany! Not one athlete from east Germany when Germany wAs reunited was ever banned! Even though they knew all east german based athletes doped.
Not really Because it’s like east Germany! How many East Germans were ever punished? Zero!! There are extreme and maybe deadly consequences for free will.
Wasn't Ingo Steur punished for his work with the Stasi? It seems to me that Germany had bigger things to worry about a the time, and the rules have changed quite a bit since then.
