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> When faced with the decision of ending a career or cheating, it is not too surprising that people could choose the latter. I do find it a bit surprising, mys
by sctb 2y ago
> When faced with the decision of ending a career or cheating, it is not too surprising that people could choose the latter.
I do find it a bit surprising, myself.
- JohnMakin 2y ago> I do find it a bit surprising, myself. Ok let me phrase it perhaps in a more relatable way - Your employer asks you to do an unethical or illegal thing. Not doing so will result in you losing your livelihood. Doing so presents a small but measurable risk to you, but you keep your livelihood unless caught, in which case you lose your livelihood anyway. Do you think there is a significant subset of people that take the first choice?
- sctb 2y agoI find it surprising that athletes would choose to make a drastic departure from their prior intentions of fair competition in order to attempt to avoid the inevitability of retirement. I don’t find it nearly as surprising that someone would make a bite-sized compromise in order to preserve their livelihood, even though it seems unwise to me. Sport qua job has a different feel than sport qua sport, as a sibling commenter illuminated.