> Doping isn't cheating, it's the way the game is played. This argument bothers me, and it's one used by people who speed. If all of the cyclists dope, then t

> Doping isn't cheating, it's the way the game is played. This argument bothers me, and it's one used by people who speed. If all of the cyclists dope, then they have a separate game. They're not cheating at that separate game. They are, however, breaking the rules set out by the UCI (or whoever.) Performance enhancing drugs are against the rules; using them is cheating. Similarly, speeding is against the law. That makes it illegal. The fact that hardly anyone abides by the rules doesn't mean the rules don't exist. > If you want to compete, that's the price of admission. Someone on /r/cycling mentioned a baseball player from the McGwire days. The player stood up and publicly said (paraphrasing) "Look, everyone is on steroids. If they want to be on steroids, fine. At least acknowledge that it's happening. The real problem, though, is the people who don't want to be on steroids. People who are cheating are forcing everyone else to take PEDs to keep up." That's not okay.