Unpopular Opinion: Rest of World Can Dope

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4 days ago 07/09/2024 3:28pm EDT

After watching the "48hrs with SOVA" video on YouTube, it has dawned on me that I don't care if Africans dope; if Europeans dope; if Australians dope.

The amount and quality of resources Americans have are absolutely performance enhancing. Cole Hocker starts the day inside a plush indoor facility; goes on on nicely paved roads; swims in an Olympic sized pool for an hour; gets to double in a damn astronaut pod of a zero-gravity treadmill; then gets on a $6000 bike and then has the food and physical therapy and recovery shakes/gels that are simply not available to the masses. It's insane.

You imagine a kid in Africa watching this video? They would be like, "what the hell are they doing?" Such a difference in the simplicity of the world vs the complexity of the world all to get to the same spot (starting line in Paris).

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4 races, 4 hours. Join us for 48 hrs of training and traveling to the University of Lynchburg for a meet where we competed and paced. Big thanks to Elijah Ag...

Video:www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHL5gaonXPw

4 days ago 07/09/2024 3:34pm EDT

re: skljw

skljw wrote:
You imagine a kid in Africa watching this video? They would be like,

"I'm gonna beat him anyway."

4 days ago 07/09/2024 3:39pm EDT

re: skljw

skljw wrote:
After watching the "48hrs with SOVA" video on YouTube, it has dawned on me that I don't care if Africans dope; if Europeans dope; if Australians dope.
The amount and quality of resources Americans have are absolutely performance enhancing. Cole Hocker starts the day inside a plush indoor facility; goes on on nicely paved roads; swims in an Olympic sized pool for an hour; gets to double in a damn astronaut pod of a zero-gravity treadmill; then gets on a $6000 bike and then has the food and physical therapy and recovery shakes/gels that are simply not available to the masses. It's insane.
You imagine a kid in Africa watching this video? They would be like, "what the hell are they doing?" Such a difference in the simplicity of the world vs the complexity of the world all to get to the same spot (starting line in Paris).
Video:www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHL5gaonXPw

And all of that is at the 2nd best University in the 12th most populous state in the US. You should see what the facilities at Florida and Texas are like. That's why Parker Valby needs to go the Grant Holloway and Anna Hall route and just stay in Gainesville. Having world class facilities and coaching and support staffs truly does make a difference. Most of the Europeans and top Africans get these facilities too. Qatar; Dubai; Sierra Madre, Spain; St. Moritz; and many others.

4 days ago 07/09/2024 4:04pm EDT

re: Bob Sack

4 days ago 07/09/2024 4:13pm EDT

re: skljw

I don't disagree. Really puts the Michael Phelps testimony before Congress last week into perspective when he says, "Equal playing field." The nuance of equal playing field between American resources and almost anywhere else can't be just simplified as: "they're using illegal drugs and that's cheating, thus it's not fair." We're picking and choosing what's "fair".

There's no good solutions here -- and greenlighting international doping certainly isn't one -- but there's no such thing as an equal playing field in any sport drawing athletes from across the world.

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