Burrito Picante wrote:
The #1 question Track and Field needs to ask itself is:
-Is drug testing athletes worth it?
The answer is no.
There’s a major PR problem when the major assumption is even with drug testing every athlete dopes, everyone microdoses, I saw so and so at the taco truck earlier, yada, yada, yada.
As a spectator it takes away from the enjoyment of watching athletes do some superhuman stuff.
Go down to your local track and run the straight away as fast as you can. These athletes are doing faster than that pace for 25 laps without stopping!
I just want to enjoy these people racing and competing at the highest levels. I don’t care if they like their burrito grande and their salsa muy picante!
TLDR: Drug testing takes the fun out of athletics. Stop drug testing and let’s see some amazing stuff!
Without anti-doping efforts, we’re all just East German mad scientists and athletics becomes a competition for which government has the least regard for human life.
It’s a no from me.