I believe it was the great Stephen A. Smith who once said, “you don’t have the right to hold somebody accountable for standards you refuse to apply to yourself.” I only mention it because Smith figured into Tuesday’s California State Athletic Commission (CSAC) doping hearing for the UFC’s own Jon Jones. Old John Frierson — one of six CSAC commissioners on the hearing panel — mystified those gathered at the DoubleTree Suites in Anaheim by citing the outspoken Smith not once but twice in between cautions that he’d forgotten his hearing aid. How can you have a hearing without a hearing aid, you ask?
Jon Jones got through the first hurdle with very little defense, now comes the hard part
