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re: Tyson Gay admits to positive doping test
Posted on 7/14/13 at 11:28 am to classictiger
Posted on 7/14/13 at 11:28 am to classictiger
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Track and cycling. Don't we just have to assume that these two sports are pretty much riddled with PEDs?
You might want to throw in swimming and weight lifting too. Generally speaking, the temptation to cheat will be the greatest in sports in which performance is measure by the stop watch, the tape measure or the scale. A tenth of a second is an eternity in the 100 meter dash, and once a sprinter loses a step, he/she is finished. In baseball, basketball and football, athletes can still be productive, earn good salaries and sometimes compete at an all-star level well past their peak years.
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Posted on 7/14/13 at 12:10 pm to trackfan
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You might want to throw in swimming and weight lifting too. Generally speaking, the temptation to cheat will be the greatest in sports in which performance is measure by the stop watch, the tape measure or the scale. A tenth of a second is an eternity in the 100 meter dash, and once a sprinter loses a step, he/she is finished. In baseball, basketball and football, athletes can still be productive, earn good salaries and sometimes compete at an all-star level well past their peak years.
Good points. There is a relativeness in the other sports that can be appreciated and rewarded which cannot be rewarded in timed sports. This also begs the question about how much oversight and enforcement is occurring in these sports. I would imagine that the moneymakers don't exactly want to cutoff their revenue sources but they also don't want to appear like they are entirely complacent to wanting their sport to be "clean.' It is an interesting line they try to walk.
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