As someone that has loved sports and continues to love sport, the last few weeks have been very thought provoking. We have had the chance to see the ultimate in human competition with the now concluded London Olympics. Last week, a prominent baseball player was busted for performance enhancing drugs. This week the battle between USADA and Lance is over. I found this article in Forbes Magazine very interesting. "Why It's Time to Legalize Steroids in Pro Sports." I would be all for it. Let them go at it. We would start to witness what the peak of the human condition could achieve. Great physical performance's. Or perhaps, it would just be legal, and not much would actually be different. It depends on how cynical you are I guess. I fall on the scale of either super cynical or on a true believing day just very cynical.
Justin Gatlin is an American sprinter that won the Bronze medal in London. In 2004 he won the Gold. He was busted for steroids after his Gold medal year. 8 years older he is clean and running as fast as he was juiced? Hmm... I think I'm super cynical as I'm writing this.
I guess I don't care if you take 'em. I'm not a huge baseball fan, but if I go to the park, I'd rather watch a .350 hitter any day over a .250 hitter. I want to see Herculean efforts on the bike. I want to watch some guy run 9.58 seconds in the 100m. (hint hint) I don't care.
What I do care about is feeling good when I'm 60. Playing sports with my daughter as she grows up. Watching my parents age and wanting them to stick around for as long as they can. If performance enhancing drugs were legal and we have all these people willing to take them, get smart, smart doctors involved and learn what is Minimum Effective Dose. Are there any real health concerns? What do you need to take at 55, 65, 75 to keep muscle tissue from wasting away. Does being on something like HGH for 6 weeks after a surgery increase recovery and successful outcome? Learn, study, investigate on the worlds best and let the trickle down effect happen for the benefit of the rest of us.
I will now step off my soap box.
2 comments:
That is a very interesting opinion Jason and this is a very heated subject. What do you think about the long health implications on the population of sportsmen from steroid use? That article never took that in to consideration...
I have no idea about long term use. That would def be one of the keystone findings if it was open to follow health implications wether good or bad.
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