IRONY: I'm on ELITE athlete with TUE's Therapeutic Use Exemptions

no need to yell wrote:

Oh my god wrote:

READ HIS FREAKING SCREEN NAME

YOU FOOL!

There is no need to yell. I am sure when Neutral Observertard read the title he didn't realize that it meant to say "I'm on ELITE athlete with TUE's Therapeutic Use Exemptions.

I am sure that he thought it mean the poster "Elite Athlete" was posting while literally on top of "ELITE" athlete with TUE forms in his hands.

People need to realize that "on" also means "an" in smart people talk. Just not in this case.

Neutral Observertard was clearly right when he said that the OP never said he was an elite athlete.

OP name wrote:

Pointing Out the Pointless wrote:

And your point would be...?

That the OP is not a elite athlete.

Did you get it this time?

I see. So you didn't really have any meaningful point since screen names are understood to be meaningless to all but the wildly ignorant.

Oh I am so sorry I didn't realize the OP was being so serious I'll leave this scholarly discussion on a nonissue thanks bye

Elite Athlete wrote:

I"m so sick of this BS. The whole point of racing and competing is to see who is faster naturally by genetics. An ELITE athlete should be ELITE because they are genetically gifted, not because they are on a bunch of TUE's that keeps them healthy and gives them an advantage. If you have Asthma and have Thyroid problems then your not an F'ing ELITE athlete.

I didn't know that racing was simply a decision based solely on who won in the genetic department.

Silly me, thinking that there was a component like hard work involved, which allows those less genetically gifted to overtake others in the spirit of sport.

Of course, TUEs, when used properly, are nothing more than a sham to allow the sickly and less fortunate compete with other people who are not born with a genetic problem they have no control over.

In other words, only genetically superior may race. Sorry if you have some other issue that can be addressed with a proper TUE and not an abuse of the system.

I agree that we should also ban the following:

- corrective lenses for those who cannot see like an Elite athlete naturally

- insulin for those with Diabetes Type 1

- surgery for those who were stupid enough to suffer from a torn ligament or some other such nonsense - elite athletes never get injured and do not need surgery they heal on their own anyways

I understand this is a short list, so I ask for others to support me in saying that genetics is the only thing that matters and that those who work hard and just want a level playing field for being unlucky enough to have an issue that can be remedied without giving an unfair advantage by using a properly granted TUE are not and cannot be elite athletes.

Elite Athlete wrote:

I"m so sick of this BS. The whole point of racing and competing is to see who is faster naturally by genetics. An ELITE athlete should be ELITE because they are genetically gifted, not because they are on a bunch of TUE's that keeps them healthy and gives them an advantage. If you have Asthma and have Thyroid problems then your not an F'ing ELITE athlete.

What I am reading here sounds like eugenicists arguing for a superior right.

Here's what I don't understand:

If Galen Rupp really does have terrible allergies (of the type that requires regular injections), severe asthma AND problems with his thyroid, why hasn't it been a story up until now? Why isn't there ever a profile piece by Mary Carillo or Dick Enberg played before one of the big races that tells the inspiring story of a kid with THREE MAJOR ILLNESSES who persevered to become the most successful American distance runner of the past 25 years? You don't think people would eat that up? They couldn't mix that in with one of their stories about LoLo Jones growing up poor and Oscar Pistorious having no legs (I'm talking about the 2012 Olympics here)?

113 wrote:

Here's what I don't understand:

If Galen Rupp really does have terrible allergies (of the type that requires regular injections), severe asthma AND problems with his thyroid, why hasn't it been a story up until now? Why isn't there ever a profile piece by Mary Carillo or Dick Enberg played before one of the big races that tells the inspiring story of a kid with THREE MAJOR ILLNESSES who persevered to become the most successful American distance runner of the past 25 years? You don't think people would eat that up? They couldn't mix that in with one of their stories about LoLo Jones growing up poor and Oscar Pistorious having no legs (I'm talking about the 2012 Olympics here)?

My guess is that he didn't have terrible allergies asthma or thyroid problems.

But he was taking stuff for that, which could help him run faster.

That is why he is in trouble.

Again, just a guess.

how is saying that the best elite athlete is the one with superior genetics ironic?