Might as well prepare for two more categories: Clean Clones and Drug Clones
"P.F.Talbot" wrote: > In bodybuilding "natural" tends to mean you can pass a drug test at the > competition. Same with powerlifting. > > But ideas of what is "clean" and what is not is going to be severely changed > in coming decades. With medical changes in the next 100 years we may find > that "natural" athletes are smaller, weaker and slower than regular folk who > are not even athletes. Will anyone watch a "clean" SP competition if there > are a dozen guys at their local gym who could throw farther if the bother to > pick up a shot? > > I wonder what will happen the first time an amputee athlete runs faster than > the best "able-bodied" athlete? > > Maybe this is ridiculously far-fetched and these days will never come, but > one thing is for certain the greater involvement of medical/technological > change in daily life in the future will certainly radically alter sport and > how we think about it. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Kurt Bray > Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2003 5:54 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: t-and-f: major philosphy difference for the sport > > >Is there no game for the CLEANIES to play professionally? > > Maybe do it like the body builders do: split it into two separate sports. > Some body builders compete in the "natural" tournaments and others in the > no-holds-barred events. > > Maybe track should consider something like that so that we could see what > actual athletes are capable of and also see what formerly-human dope freaks > accompanied by their pharmaceutical pit crews are capable of. Both contests > could be appreciated for their similar events but also for their ultimately > different merits and philosophies. > > Kurt Bray > > _________________________________________________________________ > Try MSN Messenger 6.0 with integrated webcam functionality! > http://www.msnmessenger-download.com/tracking/reach_webcam
