Originally posted by no1marauderThe problem is the great advantage steroids give you with healing time, as well as developing muscle mass. Also, how damaging these steroids can be. It is not fair for the person smart enough not to take them to need to compete against someone who is juicing.
They're grown men; who cares what they do with their own bodies? Next there'll be suspending them for 50 games for chewing tobacco because they're "role models" and we don't want Little Leaguers with a chaw! Ridiculous.
They seem to also be going to look into emphetamines, but have not heard how and what's going to happen. I would guess same 50 game etc. deal.
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Originally posted by no1marauderTell me you're joking, no1! You honestly don't care whether these players use pharmaceuticals to gain an upper-hand on other players?
I gripe about people using engines; if Barry Bonds starts using Robby the Robot to hit his home runs then I'll bitch about that.
Originally posted by PhlabibitCall it a medical advancement. 30 years ago there wasn't any "Tommy John" surgery and players who had that type of injury had their careers ended. 50 years ago Ryne Duren had to use Coke-bottle glasses to see; now they can do laser surgery and make you see normally. Players today eat better, have better training methods, etc. etc. etc. That's just the way it is; should everybody have to get drunk every night because Babe Ruth did?
The problem is the great advantage steroids give you with healing time, as well as developing muscle mass. Also, how damaging these steroids can be. It is not fair for the person smart enough not to take them to need to compete against someone who is juicing.
They seem to also be going to look into emphetamines, but have not heard how and what's going to happen. I would guess same 50 game etc. deal.
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Originally posted by darvlayI'd prefer to use NoOne's Barry Bond's Bot and watch them battle at baseball than people needing to do steroids to keep up with the idiots willing to do them.
Why not give them all steroids, let them swing telephone poles and take away the bases? We could call the new game "Home Run Ball". Sound like a good idea?
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Originally posted by darvlayNo, I don't. If grown men want to use pharmaceuticals, good for them. If other grown men don't want to use pharmaceuticals, good for them. Why should I care?
Tell me you're joking, no1! You honestly don't care whether these players use pharmaceuticals to gain an upper-hand on other players?
Originally posted by no1marauderCan't you make the same statements about engine use?
No, I don't. If grown men want to use pharmaceuticals, good for them. If other grown men don't want to use pharmaceuticals, good for them. Why should I care?
If grown men want to use engines, good for them. If other grown men don't want to use engines, good for them. Why should I care?
Originally posted by no1marauderMedical advancement? What a joke! To me, there's a difference between repairing an injury or an impairment to using steroids and hormones to turn yourself into dickless rage gorilla.
Call it a medical advancement. 30 years ago there wasn't any "Tommy John" surgery and players who had that type of injury had their careers ended. 50 years ago Ryne Duren had to use Coke-bottle glasses to see; now they can do laser surgery and make you see normally. Players today eat better, have better training methods, etc. etc. etc. That's just the way it is; should everybody have to get drunk every night because Babe Ruth did?