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> I do not understand why we are such hypocrites and talk about "purity" for an activity that has nothing normal in it It's nothing to do with purity. If you a

by doix 4y ago

> I do not understand why we are such hypocrites and talk about "purity" for an activity that has nothing normal in it It's nothing to do with purity. If you allow doping, that means doping becomes mandatory to participate at any high level. Amateur levels will be messed up as well, because all the people that dream of going pro will dope as well. It's similar (but not the exact same) as helmets in hockey. When they weren't mandatory, nobody wore them because not having a helmet provided an advantage (better visibility). The downside was that it was easy to get a head injury and ruin your life. Unfortunately, since some were ready to take that risk, everyone was forced too.

BrandoElFollito 4y ago
> If you allow doping, that means doping becomes mandatory to participate at any high level. Amateur levels will be messed up as well Today in order to get to pro level you need a staff, special nutrition, etc. This is a commercial investment. It starts at amateur level (for those who want to go pro) What we allow today is not far from doping - but we still pretend to look for "forbidden" substances because we arbitrarily said that they were bad. Allowing doping would level the game: today there is so much research on how to hide the "unorthodox" substances players use and this is a cat and mouse game. Once you say "go for it" at least there will be no cheating in this area. The only thing that bothers me is that this will quickly hit children who are not aware of the consequences. My wife was a European level champion in the junior league and when she was offered to join the national team, she refused because this would mean abandoning studies and get into a really unhealthy mode of life. She was lucky to have reasonable parents and friends - not everyone was that lucky and the ones who failed failed really really hard.

by doix 4y ago

BrandoElFollito 4y ago

> If you allow doping, that means doping becomes mandatory to participate at any high level. Amateur levels will be messed up as well Today in order to get to pro level you need a staff, special nutrition, etc. This is a commercial investment. It starts at amateur level (for those who want to go pro) What we allow today is not far from doping - but we still pretend to look for "forbidden" substances because we arbitrarily said that they were bad. Allowing doping would level the game: today there is so much research on how to hide the "unorthodox" substances players use and this is a cat and mouse game. Once you say "go for it" at least there will be no cheating in this area. The only thing that bothers me is that this will quickly hit children who are not aware of the consequences. My wife was a European level champion in the junior league and when she was offered to join the national team, she refused because this would mean abandoning studies and get into a really unhealthy mode of life. She was lucky to have reasonable parents and friends - not everyone was that lucky and the ones who failed failed really really hard.