Patricio Carlos said:I would say that it shows the relative power of FIFA and the Tennis
Association. They don't want to lose out on the big bucks with a doping
scandal. They need the footballers to play twice a week. A doping
scandal during the World Cup would cost them big time. They need Rafael
Nadal to have the big serve and good stamina. These groups want it
pushed under the carpet, just like major league baseball.
Cycling gets the bad name but any sport where there are millions of $
at stake is just as guilty.
I've forgotten the exact words, and the author, unfortunately. But
there is a lovely passage out there somewhere, written in reflection of
the travails of Lester Young and Billie Holliday: (approx.) "We demand
incredible, repeated performances from these people, and damn them when
they resort to using alcohol and drugs to acheive what we demand".
Same for any athletic performer (go play two, two-hour shows a night,
plus matinees on Sat./Sun., and report back. Any instrument.)
This amounts to two problems at the same time-- putting the performer
in an untenable situation, plus condemning him from the position of
being the end user of the performance.
Dr. Fuentes' defense, that he is protecting the health of his clients,
is valid.
A short read:
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Nearby in google there is related info about tissue damage from sickle
cell anemia.
A chiropracter friend hinted at this "restoring to health" aspect of
medical care inre "doping", in conversation recently. I don't expect
anything to change soon in this sometimes dark and stupid world we live
in, but there is a difference between "care" and "cheating".
WADA should be leading the way with a lamp, instead of relying on
police to enforce stupid sporting rules, in service of selling a
self-serving fairy tale ("we're going to clean up sports"😉 that mostly
damages the image of the sports it "serves".
How does [censored] Pound look in that light <g>? --D-y