| User | Comment |
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| sexy1 | | posted 29-Jul-2005 12:03pm |
no way |
Enheduanna  | | posted 29-Jul-2005 12:12pm |
I'm pretty sure that's what ends up happening in the regular version of the sport anyway. Once one person starts doing it and getting a big enough edge, everyone else does it so that they can keep up. |
cerealkiller   | | posted 29-Jul-2005 1:15pm |
I see no one pays any attention to comments in qual and they still pass. What the hell do you mean compete in "their own competition"? As opposed to what - competing in someone else's field? And your explanation is a ridiculously poorly worded run-on sentence.
I think athletes should be required to be on drugs and only compete in fields they have no experience in. That might make sports somewhat interesting to watch. Like maybe 300lb sumo wrestlers on crack in the women's figure skating competition. |
| EyesOfCharisma | | posted 29-Jul-2005 2:34pm |
this is a no-brainer. It is like asking... Should people who fail the drug test at the interview still get the job...  |
| jettles | | posted 29-Jul-2005 5:19pm |
sure whatever.....there are natural competitions in body building but they have some of the same problems........testing! can you ever really be sure that someone isn't enhancing somehow?? the abusers are going to try to win where ever you compete. |
| verouge | | posted 29-Jul-2005 6:11pm |
Of course no. |
| bcollins |
I agree with you 100% on this. I've been making comments too that are being completely ignored. |
| Maarten | | posted 29-Jul-2005 8:00pm |
No, they would kill eachother. |
| southernyankee | | posted 30-Jul-2005 1:00am |
No, because some athletes will just end up using a stronger dose than others, not to mention that not all performance enhancing drugs are created equal. Ok, one does too much cretin or teststerone and the other one turns into the hulk. I wonder whose going to win. And then they'll just try to up one another. This is bound to have tragic consequences. |
LindaH    | | posted 30-Jul-2005 10:52am |
Yes! As long as steroids are legal, I don't see why not. |
| LindaH |
Good point. Now I see why not. |
gambler  | | posted 30-Jul-2005 1:57pm |
seems a reasonable idea.............they already have it for professional body building |
| romkey | | posted 30-Jul-2005 4:55pm |
They could just do it if they wanted.
I doubt the playing field would be level. Someone can always afford better drugs than someone else.
I think that basketball players on heroin would be a real snoozer, anyway. |
| CarolL | | posted 31-Jul-2005 8:50am |
Sure, why not? I think we should just do away with all standards of conduct. Go ahead, go to work drunk, kick your neighbour's ass, do whatever you like. |
| CarolL |
I'm with you on this one, ck. I'm rather frustrated with the crap surveys that are getting through. |
| LindaH | | (reply to CarolL) posted 31-Jul-2005 1:25pm |
I think the survey creator was asking if there should be a separate category of events just for performance enhancing drug users.
Regular Olympics
Special Olympics
Dope Olympics
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| CarolL | | (reply to LindaH) posted 31-Jul-2005 1:41pm |
yes, we know what the question is. It is the clumsy way of asking it that we are commenting on... |
| LindaH | | (reply to CarolL) posted 31-Jul-2005 2:04pm |
Okay. I don't think it's all that poorly worded, except for the run on sentence. |
| they | | (reply to romkey) posted 31-Jul-2005 8:00pm |
Really? I think that might be the only fun way to watch basketball...  |
| icurok |
Absolutely not. The reason performance enhancing drugs were banned from sport in the first place was not due to concerns about cheating but concerns about health and safety.
If you give athletes a carte-blanche to subject themselves to whatever treatment they think will give them the edge, you're asking for trouble. There will be some who will put their bodies at unnecessary risk by undergoing potentially harmful treatments recommended by their trainers. Some female athletes have been known to impregnate themselves and then deliberately abort the foetus in order to stimulate the production of performance-enhancing hormones. |
| Irene007 |
No it wouldn't be healthy. |
| pandora | | posted 1-Aug-2005 10:11am |
If someone wants to set that up, whatever. Seems pretty silly to me, that's all. No sillier than cosmetic surgery beauty pageants, I guess. Bleh. |
| Updown |
They don't need anyone's permission, but I don't think it would go over very well with the "fans". |
| Jody |
Allowing them to compete in a field of their own pretty much encourages the use of these drugs. Preventing them from competing in any way discourages their use. |
| krysty75 |
I would consider it to be unhealthy for the athletes |
cloudhugger  | | posted 10-Aug-2005 7:48pm |
Other: What do you mean 'should'? I don't care if they do or not. |
| Iseult | | posted 10-Aug-2005 11:36pm |
Do we really need another sporting event? |
| mve17 | | posted 11-Aug-2005 8:42pm |
wouldnt there still eb the same difference in performance if they were all not no drugs? this makes no sense |
Melf  | | posted 23-Jul-2008 5:23pm |
Don't be fudging daft. |
