I -highly- disagree with this take on the sport.
When it comes to athlete quality whereas athletes are drawing in the world and American public and reaping the benefits in International Elite competitions like the Diamond League, IAAF world Championships, and the like, they are supposed to have a higher standard.
Drugs are illegal. And if you purport to give me the alcohol or marijuana argument, save it. It does not apply. Performance enhancing drugs are not legal for usage in track and field, namely USA Track and Field, as it relates to athletes like Trafeh.
Drugs should unequivocally be in the dialogue because if they are not, we risk a playing field of runners who are not competing against times, but against which country and scientist can provide the best PED to arrive at the optimum time.
Furthermore, in an American perspective, athletes like Bob Mathias in the decathlon, Jim Thorpe, and Jesse Owens would be rendered obsolete even though their examples fueled international fires, legally.
The problem is that many of you want a "legalized" society to justify many of your DUIs, misgivings, or those of your friends. Moreover, you wish to piggyback on the PED bandwagon to stake this claim.
It's a no.
DUIs are a no.
Criminal charges are a no.
PEDs are a no.
Drugs discussions are very relevant and necessary in sports.
Freedom to do things like this to unnaturally augment performance is. A. NO.
Just stop it.
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Right.
Basically we learn that the brojos' major interest is drugs, and not athletics or performance.
My personal interest is running, not drugs, and therefore I would not waste any time asking any athlete about them, especially as there are much better questions to ask and discussion to have about running.
Personally, my take from this is that the brojos are continuing to advertise and promote the idea that drugs are necessary to run well, which is hogwash. This story and others like it simply run down athletics.
It would be better to not talk about drugs at all, and to not pay any attention to them. After all, they have no importance whatsoever, except to drug promoters, but not to those of us who are truly interested in athletics.[/quote]