++ [ originally posted by Kaiser Franco ] ++
Eaglesnake,
Of course the tests in question go back to 7 or 8 years ago. The prosecution is trying to determine the blood values of the players over a determined and relatively long period of time. It is trying to see why the hematocrite rates have been abnormally and simultaneously high in several players at determined moments of the season. Again, it is trying to see if we are talking "occasional doping" or "administrative doping".
I haven't read your article yet, but as far as I am concerned I wouldn't lump together the current fight for power at Lega Calcio and the doping trial. There is clearly something not right in how football leaders are dealing with things atm, and I for one would tend to side with the small club presidents and be in favour of Galliani's resignation from the Presidency of the Lega, as, again, his holding that position while being the President of Milan bears a clear conflict of interests (but then the problem is : who can replace him?). But to say that the doping trial is being used by the anti-Galliani/Giraudo's as a way to impose their agenda seems a bit far-fetched. If you can read Italian and are interested in the subject, I recommend you an excellent book I read some time ago called "Il pallone nel burrone", by Salvatore Napolitano and Marco Liguori. It is very enlightening on how Italian football ended up in the situation it is today.