Life is life. Reality, fantasy, highs and lows. No tragedy in writing about 'how the sausages are made'. Not at all. Such disclosures are helpful even to those still in denial, so at least to confirm their shinking fraternity.
It's life.
It's the human condition.
Cycling racers have been doping for over 140 years! The drugs are just more effective today. In another 100 years---the TDF will carry a speed average of 60 kph+. The only thing that 'happened' was journalists finally began writing about this problem on a weekly basis. It's not hard to do as there is daily activity.
If you think doping in procycling is a fraud---or a disgrace--or sad---just think of Wall Street, The New York Stock Exchange, Juiced accounting for Worldcom, Tyco, Enron, Healthsouth, etc.....
Accounting on Steroids!!!!!
Nobody died(?)--but billions of Dollars were funneled to insiders who will NEVER refund the money.
Just as Johan Museeuw, Richard Virenque, Alex Zulle, Tyler Hamilton or David Millar will NEVER refund any of their juiced driven prize money. Not ever.
The mantra reads: 'Steal all you can--until somebody puts you in a can', as it were.
As long as sport is commercially exploited for corporate advertising---the athletes, the coaches, the managers, the drug researchers, the doctors, will cheat in every way conceivable. Crime pays!
Pro Cycling is not a Corinthean sport---rather it is a greedy, aggressive business! Lying & denial keep it fully funded as an industry.
And what about the doping our cattle, our dairy cows, our chickens, lambs, race horses and dogs? Is that not a subject worth debating too? I mean, non-vegans do eat that suff and those synthetic hormones pass down the food chain too. Is that healthy? Is that fact well disclosed to consumers?
fiscem4 said:
I think that it is a sad state of affairs when a new forum has to be created to discuss doping.
What is happening to our sport?
I remember back in the day going out with my training partner on a sunday and getting lost for 8 hours on back roads, me dragging his tired a$$ up hills all day and then pushing 50mph on the downhills. I remember long rides with my college team in those nasty downpours that I've only seen in NC. I remember how racing was about pushing yourself to the limit and suffering for your team, not winning at any cost. That was hardcore.
A sad state of affairs indeed...