All this talk about drugs in Sport - most of us grey nomads took performance enhancing drugs every day back in the old days - it was called 'beer' - I remember a good mate of mine played one of his greatest games of Rugby Union one day when he was as 'drunk as a skunk' - we just told him to tackle anything or run at anything that didn't have the same coloured jumper as ours.
chris & terry said
07:07 AM Feb 8, 2013
now-days elite sportsmen are taking performance enhancing drugs to try to get a competitive edge. At my stage in life I simply need them to try to get to tomorrow.
terry
Sheba said
08:02 AM Feb 8, 2013
So when the Sportsmanship has gone, what have you got ? The great God, MONEY !!!
Do you think any-one will ever play fair again ?
Cheers,
Sheba.
johnno48 said
05:52 PM Feb 8, 2013
Sportmanship in sport has been tainted forever by all this legalised betting that is shoved down our throats
EllenajoeL said
06:53 PM Feb 8, 2013
It seems to all go back to the percieved NEED to win; with all else deemed 'failure'....even 'second place' is not good enough (eg think Olympics silver medallists).
Athletes are viewed by almost all others according to their success (indeed, most view themselves the same way too nowdays) and, being 'only human' this tempts and twists an otherwise fair-play sense. Pressure from sponsors, contracts, media, fans, peers, highstakes gambling....its all part of the toxic mix IMHO.
This is truly a shame really.... it wasnt that long ago when 'best and fairest' were complimentary traits in sport AND participation/effort was appreciated too.
Now very much not so.
neilnruth said
12:01 AM Feb 9, 2013
Pity they can't ban the betting.
Boothie said
04:25 AM Feb 9, 2013
They've been there for a long time. As a middle distance runner when I was in my teens, I was offered stuff to improve my performance. That was in the early seventies, and doesn't that make me feel old, thank god for that little blue tablet for the years to come that may improve my enhancement!
Seriously, I never touched the stuff, steroids, etc. I found young girls, cigarettes and alcohol. That was enough to kill my olympic hopes!
All this talk about drugs in Sport - most of us grey nomads took performance enhancing drugs every day back in the old days - it was called 'beer' - I remember a good mate of mine played one of his greatest games of Rugby Union one day when he was as 'drunk as a skunk' - we just told him to tackle anything or run at anything that didn't have the same coloured jumper as ours.
terry
So when the Sportsmanship has gone, what have you got ? The great God, MONEY !!!
Do you think any-one will ever play fair again ?
Cheers,
Sheba.
Sportmanship in sport has been tainted forever by all this legalised betting that is shoved down our throats
It seems to all go back to the percieved NEED to win; with all else deemed 'failure'....even 'second place' is not good enough (eg think Olympics silver medallists).
Athletes are viewed by almost all others according to their success (indeed, most view themselves the same way too nowdays) and, being 'only human' this tempts and twists an otherwise fair-play sense. Pressure from sponsors, contracts, media, fans, peers, highstakes gambling....its all part of the toxic mix IMHO.
This is truly a shame really.... it wasnt that long ago when 'best and fairest' were complimentary traits in sport AND participation/effort was appreciated too.
Now very much not so.
They've been there for a long time. As a middle distance runner when I was in my teens, I was offered stuff to improve my performance. That was in the early seventies, and doesn't that make me feel old, thank god for that little blue tablet for the years to come that may improve my enhancement!
Seriously, I never touched the stuff, steroids, etc. I found young girls, cigarettes and alcohol. That was enough to kill my olympic hopes!