Is Any Athlete Clean???

[neems 2,406]

You are basically right Neems and only a fool would say otherwise.....im simply pointing out that there are a lot of things in sport that enhance performance more than drugs but we accept them.......your not going to get a drug assisted 100 meter Olympic finalist competing against some bloke who had a fry up for his brekkie that morning the same as your not going to get Ronnie o Sullivan using his personally made perfectly weighted snooker cue against a bloke playing with a pub cue but the small advantages they might have at their own level are accepted unless you mention the word drug.

 

There will be literally thousands of sportsmen sitting at home right now living perfectly normal healthy lives having spent much of their sporting careers ped assisted......then you have sportsmen who suffer later in life through certain advantages gained in other areas which is just accepted......at the highest levels of sports their will always be a price to pay thats the discipline.

 

But even without much cash,a very dedicated young athlete can get a lot of the advantages that higher level athletes can can't they?

There's no real danger of the man at the pub playing O'Sullivan competitively,or an Olympian racing someone who had a fry up that morning.

 

It's just the opposite the opposite of what sports should be about,like I said especially at the lower levels.

[gnasher16 31,426]

 

 

But even without much cash,a very dedicated young athlete can get a lot of the advantages that higher level athletes can can't they?

There's no real danger of the man at the pub playing O'Sullivan competitively,or an Olympian racing someone who had a fry up that morning.

 

It's just the opposite the opposite of what sports should be about,like I said especially at the lower levels.

 

Why do you think the first thing young sporting prospects look for is sponsorship ?......its because they know that to further there careers they need financial backing.....its never been any different like i say wooden tennis rackets to graphite or egg and chips to peds its the same outcome different formula thats all.

Edited September 28, 2016 by gnasher16

[neems 2,406]

 

 

 

But even without much cash,a very dedicated young athlete can get a lot of the advantages that higher level athletes can can't they?

There's no real danger of the man at the pub playing O'Sullivan competitively,or an Olympian racing someone who had a fry up that morning.

 

It's just the opposite the opposite of what sports should be about,like I said especially at the lower levels.

 

Why do you think the first thing young sporting prospects look for is sponsorship ?......its because they know that to further there careers they need financial backing.....its never been any different like i say wooden tennis rackets to graphite or egg and chips to peds its the same outcome different formula thats all.

 

I do get what you're saying.

Disparities in equipment,nutrition,coaching etc is one thing,but drugs are only damaging imo.

 

But it's a case of the ideal vs the reality.

[gnasher16 31,426]

 

 

I do get what you're saying.

Disparities in equipment,nutrition,coaching etc is one thing,but drugs are only damaging imo.

 

But it's a case of the ideal vs the reality.

 

I say again there are far more damaging things than drugs that athletes use for enhanced performance that are just accepted......but i also say again you are essentially right