Torneyboy Posted October 6, 2007 Report Share Posted October 6, 2007 Whereas with cycling (not sure that actually counts as a sport) should just be a free for all where all drugs are allowed because it is harder every year to find someone who is not doped up. yes it is an olympic sport we have done well over the years... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neo Posted October 6, 2007 Report Share Posted October 6, 2007 Sad to learn about Jones. They need to keep all the sports clean. I've watched a lot of my most respected NFL players and other US athletes die off in their 40's. People shouldn't be pressured to throw away half of their life to steal a moment of glory from the person who deserved it. These incidents always makes me recall Rocky IV where ironically they show the American hero being a nuts and bolts tough guy where Russia was doping to create a super athlete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torneyboy Posted October 6, 2007 Report Share Posted October 6, 2007 They always find a way to beat the drug tests... they are one step ahead it appears .. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Posted October 6, 2007 Author Report Share Posted October 6, 2007 Nowadays there is big money in athletics. In the old days, there wasn't much money at all. Now, you can become a multimillioniare. So that gives them an added incentive. Not only the fame as it was in my my day. Perhaps we should also have all athletes competing in the OG sign something saying that they could get fines of up to a certain amount as well as criminal prosecution if they committ steroid abuse? Is that too harsh? I've also heard of cases where coaches gave players drugs unwittingly. Those coaches should definitely spend time in jail. Its one thing for the athelete to be complicit in it, but another thing to be duped into taking drugs that could cause health problems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liquidflux Posted October 6, 2007 Report Share Posted October 6, 2007 Honestly, I think an athlete would have to be pretty naive to not notice their coach was sleeping them steroids. Being asked to start taking some strange substance would be the first giveaway. Then all of a sudden their body starts changing, performance goes up, recovery time goes down, and they think it's just a training miracle? I know some of them aren't the brightest stars in the sky, but even they can put 1 and 1 together to make 2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torneyboy Posted October 7, 2007 Report Share Posted October 7, 2007 True ..they would notice the changes and ask questions.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Posted October 9, 2007 Author Report Share Posted October 9, 2007 We were given tablets after practice. We were told they were potassium tablets that would help our muslces recover and not suffer muscle pulls. They were in fact potassium but we took our coaches word for it. If it was an injection its one thing but when you're 17, 18, 19 years old in sports, you're raised in sports and told whatever the coach says goes. I think its how its administered and if a coach was canny enough he could give a player drugs unknowingly. With steroids its easy to notice after a while. Especially in track (athletics) because steroids is such a hot button issue that you're always aware of it. I was very skinny coming out of HS and my first semester they fed me lots of meats, put me on a weight lifting program and I came home for the holidays 11 pounds heavier and more muscular than I left and my family and friends were joking about steroids at my college. They knew I wouldn't do it but I did get bigger kinda quick. I read that in Brazil some coaches add stuff to soccer players diets in youth academies to get them bigger, faster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torneyboy Posted October 10, 2007 Report Share Posted October 10, 2007 Yeah ..agree with that,, Swimmers are given a lot of supplements as well and i am sure they have no idea what they are .. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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