This is a shameful day for sport, I hope those that are involved will be caught by the authorities.It also makes me wonder about athletes who want to push themselves to the limit, and the peer pressure that is no doubt put on some players to take the drugs so they will be as good as their team mates.
Surely Australia isn’t the only country with sporting teams that has been infiltrated by dodgy scientists and crime gangs? What are the chances of it happening in America? Or Europe? Or even Asia?
yep it is every sport you can think of, “someone will always cheat”. To reach the top of anything you must be be part sociopath. Although I am saddened by what is happening to my beloved game of AFL I am not surprised in the least. I am around sport at a local/regional level and yes I see it happening all too often.
Or Chinese soccer officials jailed for match fixing, or at least 700 European Soccer games fixed, or Doug Barron suspended by the PGA, the list is a long and sad story…
I’ve been keeping a eye on my oldest son and recently he’s has been noticeably “bulking” if you know what I mean. So I’ve been keeping tabs on his movements and there is this one place he seems to visit far too frequently. The fridge.
I checked it out and was shocked, shocked I tell you at what I found.
Peptides, polysaccarides, blood fractions, volatile fatty acids, growth hormones, steroids, stimulants, plant extracts and oleoresins. Most of it looked innocuous but I’m sure some of the fuzzy green stuff in the back corner hasn’t been approved by WADA.
It’s patently performance enhancing because whenever he’s played sport without getting his pick-up fix from there he’s played like a busted arse.
Yet another example of demanding nothing but success from people and then screaming bloody murder when they do something to get there.
It’s not a matter of if, it’s a matter of when the next scandal will explode. I’ve always wondered how is is the obviously-pumped-full-of-steroids-NFL has managed to avoid a PR disaster so far. I suspect we’ll be hearing from the NHL soon.
“Multiple players (in one code) from a number of clubs are suspected of currently using or
having previously used peptides, which could constitute an anti-doping rule violation.”
“…levels which were possibly in breach of WADA anti-doping rules.”
“…may have resulted in match fixing.”
Unless they start naming names and clubs and banning people this report is hot air. In a years time people will have forgotten it.
“I didn’t get where I am today by selling ice cream tasting of bookends, pumice stone and West Germany.”
That’s it. It’s a government-sponsored ‘Shock Horror’ at this stage. It will all be forgotten in a month or so when the footy starts.
If names come out, then we’ll pay attention. At the moment, the information supplied looks like it was sourced from Internet forums. Absolutely nothing that hasn’t been hinted at, whispered in pubs, or outright stated anonomously a thousand times.
Make a big fuss and then when the truth comes out everyone says “see not that bad really”. Fairly straight forward PR exercise, they can’t deny it so pump it up first.
Bit like the letter written by the girl at UNi saying how she’s pregnant on drugs etc etc and then says only joking I got a C.
Drugs in sport is and always will be with us, I want it controlled as I have kids who play sport and don’t want them to suffer the long term effects of drugs but I am not shocked etc. It’s fairly common knowledge who is on the juice in local sporting circles.