rojo wrote:
Defending him? When did we do that?
Our headline is trying to get at the bigger, more important issue. The drug testing in the major sports is a joke.
We've always wanted to rid sports of drugs. If we can get the major sports to lead the anti-doping fight, maybe join WADA, then their money will help make that possible.
Our agenda is to shame the NFL, wake up the 'mainstream' press.
As for Gay, he's largely irrelevent in the grand scheme of things. Yes, I always like how passionate Gay was about track but am not defending him now.
As for the 'double standard.' The double standard is how journalists think of track and field as a dope ridden sport when in reality the NFL has lots of issues itself.
Love your site and appreciate the no-holds-barred-board, but I can't help wonder how naive you really are.
Shame the NFL and wake up the mainstream press to the fact #BigPharmaIsTheDevil or something?
Of course journalists think T&F is a dope ridden sport, when they go to the most legit running site on the web they see that's all that is ever on the front page. Heck, sometimes you can't even get to the front page without giving your opinion of who is doped and who isn't.
Drugs are here to stay. The pharmaceutical industry is way too big to bring it down and athletes do not live in some utopia where they are protected from making completely idiotic decisions as T.Gay has clearly done. Honestly, who could possibly take that cream knowing they'll be tested? How dumb is he?!
Anyway, until genetic engineering takes over, drugs will be a thorn in anyone's side who doesn't just accept them. As John Fahey, WADA president has said, "The doping battle will NEVER be won." Ever.
The tighter the noose gets, the less people dope and the greater the reward to dope becomes. When the rules are lax and tons of people dope, the sport is flush with money. Which do you really want? Top guys are doping either way.