Floyd’s backup was positive – in the eyes of the WADA, UCI, etc, he’s a doper. I’m numb by this point – how could he be so dumb? At this point, I’d still like to believe him, but…
My comment the other day wasn’t necessarily to condone doping – I think it’s a terrible cheat against Sport (“Sport” being the whole idea that it’s good, in general, to, on a level playing field, go beat the snot out of each other for a while, then trundle off afterwards, shake hands, and all go have a tasty beverage and maybe something off of the grill)
But, sadly, I think I’m in the minority. Not in the minority of folks who read this measly blog, but in the minority of people worldwide.
Which is why I’m in favor of opening up leagues for dopers. If there are folks (and trust me, boys and girls, there are) who want to see “athletes” hopped up on goofballs doing big things, and there are folks who are willing to put their health at risk, so be it.
I just won’t watch.
But it’d be nice to be able to put them off in their own category, so the rest of us can watch actual human achievement.
My friend’s theory is that after Wednesday’s awful performance, he got injected with some of his own red blood cells that were tainted from months ago when he might have been doping but that he was not actually doping at the race.
Either way, I guess he’s just another disappointment.
Didn’t they have sports events like that back in Roman times?