‘One and done’: Michael Phelps says dopers should be given lifetime ban
‘One and done’: Michael Phelps says dopers should be given lifetime ban
Michael Phelps has reiterated his support for tougher sanctions for doping – including a lifetime ban for anyone who tests positive for a banned substance
I love how this will gain traction, but when we talk about banning the Dutch guy who literally fucked a child, everyone is like, "But they can change..."
Who the fuck is this everyone you're talking about here?
Everyone in all of the threads that were discussing the dutch pervert a few days ago. "He went to jail, he is reformed, etc..."
Let's ban the Dutch guy, and also the rest of the Dutch, until they reform their horrendous laws there, so that child rapist actually get some kind of punishment, rather than the tiniest slap on the wrist.
Phelps was actually so good that he needed to slow his performance down with bongloads and Subway sandos so people wouldn’t assume he was doping.
What about things that may or may not constitute doping? Someone with some cold meds still in their system or who huffed oxygen before competition? Someone taking meds for a known condition that still had trace amounts in their system on the day?
There are many situations in which someone may have a foreign substance in their body that could provide advantage where they may be unaware that the substance is still lingering at competition time.
Not to mention, you’ll get people eliminating the competition by slipping them a mickey before the event….
Someone with some cold meds still in their system or who huffed oxygen before competition?
https://www.bbc.com/sport/winter-olympics/37703011 it's already happened. She got some cold medicine from her doctor while in Italy.
I mean honestly if it can be proved someone cheated in any competition knowingly then they should be banned.
His hair looks like it's on upsidedown.
But then there is no one left.
For a while
All we had to do to get rid of sports was to rigorously attempt to make them fair? Wow. Sports are DAF.
What a hypocrite
Weed is not a performance enhancing drug lol
Oh right I didn't mean that I mean the PEDs that all top level athletes use
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This from the guy who might as well have been designed in a lab for swimming who argued that trans women should be banned from competing to ensure "a level playing field".
If you look up the word "hypocrite" in the dictionary, there's a picture of Michael Phelps.
Nowhere in that article does it mention that he wants them banned, but go ahead and tell me I’m wrong somehow because level playing field equals being banned.
It sounds like he didn’t have an answer but thinks there should be some kind of system in include everyone.
Based on the first part of your comment I’m sure your response will be well thought out and free from derogatory terms.
Nowhere in that article does it mention that he wants them banned, but go ahead and tell me I’m wrong somehow because level playing field equals being banned.
How else do you think he wants a level playing field to be achieved? Hobbling? Strapping weights to trans swimmers? Giving cis women a head start?
Sometimes things are so obvious that they don't need to be explicitly stated. This is one of those times.
It sounds like he didn’t have an answer but thinks there should be some kind of system in include everyone
So some kind of "separate but equal" bullshit that implicitly labels trans women as not women? Doesn't sound much better than outright bans tbh..
Based on the first part of your comment I’m sure your response will be well thought out and free from derogatory terms.
Based on your evasive pedantry and unearned condescension, I'm sure you're going to take anything I say contrary to your arguments into account and not dismiss them out of hand for not coddling bad faith arguments 🙄
He's a genetic advantage, oh no. He was born tall and broad shoulders with a swimmer's body. That's obviously cheating. On a related note LeBron James shouldn't be allowed to play basketball either. Usain Bolt's legs were too long he was genetically cheating. Only short fat out of shape people should be allowed to compete.
Actually I'd probably watch that.
He’s a genetic advantage, oh no.
One of the problems with any competitive sport is the fixation on top performance, rather than the appeal of the sport itself. People dope to win, because winning is more important than simply playing well. People dope because they can't afford to compete without being a top performer, and so we create a monetary incentive to cheat.
Only short fat out of shape people should be allowed to compete.
"Don't bother even trying, you're the wrong shape" is a very common and deeply disheartening trend in a whole host of sporting events.
I'm not saying he's cheating or shouldn't have been allowed to compete.
That's what he's saying about trans women in spite of he himself having much bigger advantages than any trans woman ever did.
BTW, the rest of your strawman argument aside, Bolt actually has a very atypical build for a sprinter. Most of the best sprinters ever have been of slightly below average height and compact of build.
A former trainer of his put it thusly: "he's built less like a human sprinter and more like a thoroughbred racing horse" 😄