Re: t-and-f: Drugs seized at Olympics - another PR disaster

2000-09-08 Thread GHTFNedit
In a message dated 9/8/00 8:04:28 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: How come only Olympic type sports seem to have any drug cheats - from the public's perspective? because we have drug testers/policy makers who think they're on a mission from god--the pro sports are doing a token exercise in

Re: t-and-f: Drugs seized at Olympics - another PR disaster

2000-09-08 Thread Runtenkm
That's the one thing that separates our sport from the so-called "professional" sports like football. I don't really care if it lacks the public spectator popularity, (although lack of same probably keeps TFN subscriptions down), it's something I can believe in as ahealthy activity which

Re: t-and-f: Drugs seized at Olympics - another PR disaster

2000-09-07 Thread GHTFNedit
In a message dated 9/7/00 1:16:29 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Do away with the whole testing charade, and, voila, the sport is instantly "pure" and impervious to "drug scandals". amen, brother

Re: t-and-f: Drugs seized at Olympics - another PR disaster

2000-09-07 Thread Dan Kaplan
Who says there has to be any connection between the elite sport and the lower level "recreational" sport? Would you not allow your son to play youth football becuase he might be tempted to use drugs on the off chance he makes it to the NFL? The health (i.e. popularity) of the sport at the top