Here are three suggestions to try to reduce doping in sport.
A ban from racing.
When they come back from the ban from racing, let their results for evermore be stigmatized with an asterisk or some type of scarlet letter.
No more prize money. It just grates me that my entry fee might be going to a doper who is beating us even in the age group level. Athletes can still get money through sponsorship. Let sponsors determine whether they want to support doped athletes or not.
Whether dopers are doing it for their egos or money they are taking the competition out of the competition by doping.
Lifetime ban across all sports. A convicted cyclist can’t go become a triathlete. A convicted triathlete can’t go become baseball player. You’re finished.
Better yet, figure out how to get Major Professional Sports to ban doping (Football, Soccer, Tennis, Baseball). At this point the best they do is pay lip service to it. Cycling and Triathlons are obscure little sports in comparison to the biggies. But, there is SOOOO much money in the biggies, they won’t go after them. From my perspective, this makes the feeble little attempts at doping control in cycling and triathlon seem laughable. Different Rules for different sports? Its OK to dope in the really big sports but not in the smaller ones? THAT is what people are being shown.
Better yet, figure out how to get Major Professional Sports to ban doping (Football, Soccer, Tennis, Baseball). At this point the best they do is pay lip service to it. Cycling and Triathlons are obscure little sports in comparison to the biggies. But, there is SOOOO much money in the biggies, they won’t go after them. From my perspective, this makes the feeble little attempts at doping control in cycling and triathlon seem laughable. Different Rules for different sports? Its OK to dope in the really big sports but not in the smaller ones? THAT is what people are being shown.
Soccer is filthy with dopers. You know it’s bad when die-hard fans acknowledge it
diehard 1, 2 or 3… Or with a vengeance…
Cos I like 1,2 and the last one but inbetween that I don’t… So I dunno if I am therefore a fan… And that being the case will anyone ask me?
Confusing…
I’m always curious why people get all up in arms about drug use in Pro sports. Pro sports is about entertainment, nothing more. Do you care if your favorite singer / musician uses drugs ?
They are both entertaining us. Why does one set seem to get a free pass by society outrage and one does not? You could argue drug use helps both in their craft and makes it unfair to those that don’t make that choice.
It’s hard for me to judge people that I have zero chance of walking a day in their shoes. I have no idea what that feels like trying to compete at a level that my livelyhood and those I care about depends on how I perform athletically.
I’m always curious why people get all up in arms about drug use in Pro sports. Pro sports is about entertainment, nothing more. Do you care if your favorite singer / musician uses drugs ?
If they are using a “drug” that makes them a better singer/musician than they really are, yes.
I’m always curious why people get all up in arms about drug use in Pro sports. Pro sports is about entertainment, nothing more. Do you care if your favorite singer / musician uses drugs ?
They are both entertaining us. Why does one set seem to get a free pass by society outrage and one does not? You could argue drug use helps both in their craft and makes it unfair to those that don’t make that choice.
It’s hard for me to judge people that I have zero chance of walking a day in their shoes. I have no idea what that feels like trying to compete at a level that my livelyhood and those I care about depends on how I perform athletically.
Each sport has a set of rules and drug use falls within those rules (at least for a lot of sports). If someone goal-tends in basketball, there’s outrage. Was it an entertaining play? Maybe, but it’s against the rules. Disregard the rules and the sport disintegrates.
Each sport has a set of rules and drug use falls within those rules (at least for a lot of sports). If someone goal-tends in basketball, there’s outrage. Was it an entertaining play? Maybe, but it’s against the rules. Disregard the rules and the sport disintegrates.
So breaking the rules of a game gets your outrage but breaking the law gets none? Not to surprising.
I’m always curious why people get all up in arms about drug use in Pro sports. Pro sports is about entertainment, nothing more. Do you care if your favorite singer / musician uses drugs ?
They are both entertaining us. Why does one set seem to get a free pass by society outrage and one does not? You could argue drug use helps both in their craft and makes it unfair to those that don’t make that choice.
It’s hard for me to judge people that I have zero chance of walking a day in their shoes. I have no idea what that feels like trying to compete at a level that my livelyhood and those I care about depends on how I perform athletically.
Each sport has a set of rules and drug use falls within those rules (at least for a lot of sports). If someone goal-tends in basketball, there’s outrage. Was it an entertaining play? Maybe, but it’s against the rules. Disregard the rules and the sport disintegrates.
There’s only outrage if the goaltending isn’t called on a buzzer beater.
I’m always curious why people get all up in arms about drug use in Pro sports. Pro sports is about entertainment, nothing more. Do you care if your favorite singer / musician uses drugs ?
If they are using a “drug” that makes them a better singer/musician than they really are, yes.
Did you miss the pink font? As a logical human being, I can’t possibly imagine somebody actually feeling this way.
Never taken an illegal drug in my life and can literally count on one hand how many legal pharmaceuticals I’ve ingested since I was an adult, but I could not care less what substances professional athletes take to improve their performance.
Yes. And I’m still missing it, because it’s still not in pink, and it’s not a tongue-in-cheek comment. I’m watching to enjoy a fair competition under a common set of rules. You really want to see who the best cheater is, as opposed to the best athlete?
Maybe with doping… what goes around comes around at some point. Antonia Colom appeared to have DNF’d early on the bike Sat… It would be an incredible irony if he crashed out… since cyclists talk about how terrible triathletes bike handling skills are. Curious to hear what happened.
