Comments on: Deregulation In Action (Sports Edition) http://www.thetalentshow.org/2007/12/12/deregulation-in-action-sports-edition/ Just another WordPress weblog Thu, 08 Jan 2009 03:27:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: dAnimal http://www.thetalentshow.org/2007/12/12/deregulation-in-action-sports-edition/comment-page-1/#comment-14894 dAnimal Thu, 13 Dec 2007 20:50:31 +0000 http://www.thetalentshow.org/2007/12/12/deregulation-in-action-sports-edition/#comment-14894 I don't get why steroids are seen as such an evil in sports and in life. Okay, I do understand that sports fanatics want to compare modern athletes to the greats of old because fandom is based on stats, and having an athlete on roids throws the stats out the window because it makes comparing Barry Bonds to some dude from the 30's who had no steroids into an apples/oranges comparison. But what is so natural about an athlete's vigorous training program, vitamins, diet, etc? And while steroids have risks, any asthma sufferer knows they have great medical potential, prevent injuries, and may help increase longevity. I wish we would just allow athletes to use steroids as part of their training regimen. The world of sports could be like one of those "All Sport" commercials from the 90's, with football player using 50 pound metal balls, and olympic swimmers hurtling upstream into tiered pools above them. It couldn't be any worse on the athlete's bodies than modern football is: http://www.unc.edu/depts/nccsi/CataFootballInjuries.htm I don’t get why steroids are seen as such an evil in sports and in life. Okay, I do understand that sports fanatics want to compare modern athletes to the greats of old because fandom is based on stats, and having an athlete on roids throws the stats out the window because it makes comparing Barry Bonds to some dude from the 30’s who had no steroids into an apples/oranges comparison.

But what is so natural about an athlete’s vigorous training program, vitamins, diet, etc? And while steroids have risks, any asthma sufferer knows they have great medical potential, prevent injuries, and may help increase longevity.

I wish we would just allow athletes to use steroids as part of their training regimen. The world of sports could be like one of those “All Sport” commercials from the 90’s, with football player using 50 pound metal balls, and olympic swimmers hurtling upstream into tiered pools above them. It couldn’t be any worse on the athlete’s bodies than modern football is:

http://www.unc.edu/depts/nccsi/CataFootballInjuries.htm

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