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You have to ban things that are outright bad for athletes. You also have to remember, given a competition people will do whatever it takes to win, because some
by ddispaltro 10y ago
You have to ban things that are outright bad for athletes. You also have to remember, given a competition people will do whatever it takes to win, because someone else will. So you have to draw the line somewhere.
- terryf 10y agoWhy though? In many areas of life, people for example work themselves to death voluntarily. Why is there not a sport where there are really no limits at all?
- na85 10y agoBecause at some point it stops being fun to watch if your race from point A to B is won by a supersonic fighter jet. Also there's the pesky little problem of poor or up and coming athletes literally killing themselves to try to win big money, all for the benefit of some FIFA-alike and its sponsors.
- Lawtonfogle 10y ago>Because at some point it stops being fun to watch if your race from point A to B is won by a supersonic fighter jet. Not when the opponent pulls out a surface to air missile.
- terryf 10y agoha! This is exactly the kind of out-of-the box thinking that jet cycling needs!
- driverdan 10y ago> You have to ban things that are outright bad for athletes. You're assuming all those things are bad for the athletes.