My favourite "conspiracy theory" is that PEDs are rampant in football/soccer. It's not a high profile issue because those in charge of running the sport don't w

My favourite "conspiracy theory" is that PEDs are rampant in football/soccer. It's not a high profile issue because those in charge of running the sport don't want to look under the carpet for fear of what might be there. > Soccer is more of an art. True, skill is paramount versus other more physical sports, but the main purpose of PEDs is to recover from injury not to bulk up or make guys bigger or stronger. Interestingly, Messi was given HGH before reaching adulthood in order to overcome a growth hormone disorder[1] (completely legal). Without HGH it's unlikely he'd be half the player he is. Pep Guardiola tested positive for a banned substance during his playing career, although he was later exonerated. Arsene Wenger has publicly stated in the past that he reckons the sport is full of drug cheats.[2] Operation Puerto in Spain[3] involved a lot of blood samples, including those from footballers, being destroyed. Around that time, Barcelona and the Spanish national team were absolutely ripping it up. There was a doctor filmed in the UK[4] who allegedly supplied Arsenal, Chelsea and Leicester City with PEDs. Leicester went from relegation fodder in 2014-2015 (bottom of the league for quite some time), to winning the premier league in 2015-2016 season. They were 5000-1 odds to win the league, played a high intensity counter attacking football, with more or less the same 11 every week. I wouldn't swear in court that any of the above examples are definitely doping, but it's incredible that none of this is seriously being investigated. [1] https://bleacherreport.com/articles/1492546-lionel-messi-and-hgh-the-truth-about-the-best-footballer-in-the-world https://bleacherreport.com/articles/1492546-lionel-messi-and... [2] https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2015/nov/14/football-arsene-wenger-doping-suspicions https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2015/nov/14/footba... [3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operaci%C3%B3n_Puerto_doping_case https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operaci%C3%B3n_Puerto_doping_c... [4] https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/04/03/cyclist-at-centre-of-drug-cheat-claims-against-150-sport-stars/ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/04/03/cyclist-at-centr...