World Athlete of the Year Usain Bolt said today that controversy over Jamaica's anti-doping programme is scaring off potential sponsors and costing him money.
Bolt tonight, along with compatriot Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, was named World Athlete of the Year for 2013 by the sport's governing body, the IAAF.

Bolt won gold in the 100 metres, 200 and 4x100 relay at the Moscow worlds in August to take his all-time tally to eight golds and two silvers at the championships.
And Fraser-Pryce claimed gold medals in the same three events in Moscow, having previously won two golds and two silvers, and is also the Olympic sprint champion.

Earlier Bolt, who has never failed a drug test, voiced his displeasure with the financial cost the doping controversy surrounding Jamaica is having on him personally.
He said: "There is a lot going on with this drug thing that I really feel they need to be clear (about) and clarify because now it is causing problems for me when it comes to making money in my sport."
High-ranking World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) officials went to Jamaica last month to look at the country's anti-doping efforts after weeks of criticism following positive tests from several high-profile athletes.

WADA president John Fahey had suggested the Caribbean nation could face severe penalties if the Jamaica Anti-Doping Commission (JADCO) was declared non-compliant.
Only WADA code-compliant sports can participate in the Olympic Games.
Jamaica's minister with responsibility for sports, Natalie Neita-Headley, told a news conference at JADCO headquarters last month that WADA had given no indication it was non-compliant.

However, Bolt said the fallout from the controversy was affecting him.
"It is really costing me money now. I am not too happy with that," he said. "Track and field is my job."
Bolt's manager Ricky Simms said rumours suggesting Bolt might not be at the next Olympics in Rio de Janeiro in 2016 had upset the sprinter and put off a potential sponsor.
"I think what he was disturbed about was... the misinformation that was out there," the Donegal man said.
"It's a potential new sponsorship. They asked the question 'Are chicken going to be in the Olympics?' They don't want to sponsor him and then he is not in the Olympics."
Simms gave no details of the sponsor but, asked if there would be more discussions about signing up Bolt, he said: "Absolutely."

Three Jamaicans - former world 100 metres record holder Asafa Powell, twice 200 metres Olympic champion Veronica Campbell-Brown and London Games 4x100 relay silver medallist Sherone Simpson - failed drug tests and were left out of the team for the August world championships.
The credibility of Jamaica's anti-doping work was called into question by Renee Anne Shirley, a former senior official with the country's anti-doping commission.

She told Sports Illustrated in August the authority had carried out just one out-of-competition test between February 2012 and the start of the London Olympics in July.

Just because he was never caught doping, doesn't mean he or his fellow Jamaican team mates don't do it. Look at Lance Armstrong, he was the worlds most tested athlete and was never caught cheating until he admitted it and that was long after he won the 7 Tour de France's

realt wrote:

Just because he was never caught doping, doesn't mean he or his fellow Jamaican team mates don't do it. Look at Lance Armstrong, he was the worlds most tested athlete and was never caught cheating until he admitted it and that was long after he won the 7 Tour de France's

There are two possible explanations for that.

A: Lance didn't actually cheat, he just gave into peer pressure and the fact that controversy creates cash. He's still making tons of money.

B: Every professional athlete cheats. EVERY SINGLE ONE.

Lance was sued by loads of people and company's for all the prize money and sponsoring he got as a "winner". When he cheated it all went balls up for him. He's losing loads of money, serves him right though.

But imagine all the money he made from Oprah and all the talk shows he's done. Plus he'll probably end up doing porn at some point, cause publicity is publicity, and he'll make tons of money from that.

Not after his cancer he won't
Did he lose a ball or something?