Why don't they just allow drugs in the Olympics?

Posted by: Consciousmess on 08 August 2016

Seriously, I've always wanted the bans to be lifted - to see what humans can truly achieve.

All professional body builders use steroids and growth hormones, with diuretics flushing them out before testing. Mike Tyson apparently used a fake penis to pass his test - as those of you who watched that programme will recall.

So why not permit any supplement? We all know to compete at the top level, people try.

Lets get the 100m under 8 seconds I say!

Posted on: 12 August 2016 by Consciousmess

Equality, diversity and inclusiveness!

(Alas, athletes being naked isn't just for the female gymnasts!)

Posted on: 13 August 2016 by Skip

I can't even believe this is a serious discussion.  

As any father of an athlete can tell you, drugs are the bane of athletics.   It goes without saying, that drugs are bad for the Olympics.  The Olympics should be the culmination of amateur sports.  If drugs are allowed, then all the local track and field and swimmers will feel pressure to do drugs to compete.    The Masters swimmers in the US are seeing all the therapeutic testosterone and wondering if they can compete without it.  Just say no.  Drugs are optional in life, but not in competitive athletics.  Let's keep it that way.

I appreciate your spectators interest in the limits of human achievement.  But leave me out of it and don't confuse the rest of us who might have had a kid in the pool, on a bike, or on the track.   Drugs are not for sports, competition, or the Olympics.   

 

Posted on: 13 August 2016 by winkyincanada
Skip posted:

I can't even believe this is a serious discussion.  

As any father of an athlete can tell you, drugs are the bane of athletics.   It goes without saying, that drugs are bad for the Olympics.  The Olympics should be the culmination of amateur sports.  If drugs are allowed, then all the local track and field and swimmers will feel pressure to do drugs to compete.    The Masters swimmers in the US are seeing all the therapeutic testosterone and wondering if they can compete without it.  Just say no.  Drugs are optional in life, but not in competitive athletics.  Let's keep it that way.

I appreciate your spectators interest in the limits of human achievement.  But leave me out of it and don't confuse the rest of us who might have had a kid in the pool, on a bike, or on the track.   Drugs are not for sports, competition, or the Olympics.   

 

Well said. Sports are for participation, not for entertainment of others. Sports that require drugs for success will wither and die as there will be no underlying feed of athletes to support their ongoing viability.