Menu
Forums
New posts
Search forums
What's new
New posts
Latest activity
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles and first posts only
Search titles only
By:
New posts
Search forums
Menu
Log in
Register
Install the app
Install
Help Support The Rugby Forum :
Forums
Other Stuff
All Other Sports
100 metres - Gatlin wins/UK crowd boos
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Message
<blockquote data-quote="Every Time Ref" data-source="post: 868544" data-attributes="member: 71826"><p>Booing's the least of it, he's unbelievably lucky that he's there to be booed at all. I don't believe in lifetime bans for a first offence, but for a second, absolutely 100% you have forfeited the right to compete in any elite sport ever again.</p><p></p><p>I don't agree with ncurd that the first ban counts for less because he was not a professional - that's irrelevant to what he did, not being paid doesn't make it any less despicable. (Disclaimer - I don't follow athletics closely and know all the ins and outs of his case, but as I understand it there is no question of his being guilty in both cases. Happy to reconsider if my information is wrong)</p><p></p><p>I know that doping in sport is a complex issue, I know there are massive obstacles in terms of culture within certain sports, I know that the solutions are difficult and complicated and stretch way beyond simplyhandingbout bans. And I know it's naive to assume that every drugs cheat is a monster and that decent people don't get corrupted by the environment - nonetheless, I absolutely cannot condone giving convicted drugs cheats a THIRD chance (outside of truly exceptional circumstances). I mean for ****'s sake, he did it, got caught, faced all the shame and humiliation of being labelled a cheat within the sport, served the ban, came back ... and said "you know what, hand me those roids, imma juice my way to gold again!"</p><p></p><p>**** Justin Gatland, seriously</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Every Time Ref, post: 868544, member: 71826"] Booing's the least of it, he's unbelievably lucky that he's there to be booed at all. I don't believe in lifetime bans for a first offence, but for a second, absolutely 100% you have forfeited the right to compete in any elite sport ever again. I don't agree with ncurd that the first ban counts for less because he was not a professional - that's irrelevant to what he did, not being paid doesn't make it any less despicable. (Disclaimer - I don't follow athletics closely and know all the ins and outs of his case, but as I understand it there is no question of his being guilty in both cases. Happy to reconsider if my information is wrong) I know that doping in sport is a complex issue, I know there are massive obstacles in terms of culture within certain sports, I know that the solutions are difficult and complicated and stretch way beyond simplyhandingbout bans. And I know it's naive to assume that every drugs cheat is a monster and that decent people don't get corrupted by the environment - nonetheless, I absolutely cannot condone giving convicted drugs cheats a THIRD chance (outside of truly exceptional circumstances). I mean for ****'s sake, he did it, got caught, faced all the shame and humiliation of being labelled a cheat within the sport, served the ban, came back ... and said "you know what, hand me those roids, imma juice my way to gold again!" **** Justin Gatland, seriously [/QUOTE]
Verification
Post reply
Forums
Other Stuff
All Other Sports
100 metres - Gatlin wins/UK crowd boos
Top