Through the MLB Steroid Era.
Congressional hearings into the MLB Steroid Era.
Dozens of NFL players failing tests.
And of course the various Olympic “scandals.”
… All of this is, of course, perfectly legal here at the All Drug Olympics."
Just before the weightlifter’s arms detach at the shoulder.
Today, we dont even view amateurism as an issue, he said.
And its because professional athletes are just a lot better than amateur athletes.
I think the same is going to be true of enhanced athletes.
Enhanced athletes will be better than natural athletes.
This is how you give the public what they want.
This is how you put asses in seats and eyeballs on screens.
By letting athletes off the anti-doping leash.
Unencumbered by the restrictions put on them by the Hall Monitors of this world.
Read again what Michael Ashenden has to say.
This guy was one of the biggest purists in the world on this issue.
He relentlessly dogged the biggest dopers in the world for years.
And even he agrees this is the path forward.
Trying to keep sports free of performance enhancers is every bit as wrongheaded and phony.
It puts the few who aren’t doping at a disadvantage to the very, very many who do.
And in doing so, takes all the fun out of sports in general.
It’s the same with the Summer and Winter Games every two years.
We’re finally at that moment in history.
When the only rule should be no rule at all.
No cycling on and off.
Just bring those sweet, sweet “Better living through chemistry” results.
And make a cool million for your troubles.
If you’re one of those people saying, “Old Balls, you brilliant, witty Silver Fox.
What about the athletes?
We know all too well how bad PEDs can be for the long term health of these people.”
Yes, I do.
But to use that as an excuse to keep perpetuating this failed model is to be ignorant of history.
Gladiators' swords were a lot more deadly than Erythropoietin.
But kids worshiped them and every woman in Rome wanted to bone them.
Same with Medieval knights and their jousting lancers.
Boxers, both bare-knuckled and gloved.
In 1905, 18 Americans died playing college football, and the sport continued to grow.
So let’s do it, already.
The time that actually came in 1988 has finally come.
