February 29, 2024
Coe Suggests Long Ban on Enhanced Games Participation link The Guardian by Sean Ingle
If you want to read the latest coming from the mouth of Seb Coe, click on the above article from today's The Guardian.
It's hardly worth the effort, not because of Sean's writing, but because of Seb Coe's statements. It really sounds like someone pushed in a corner and suggesting they are going to tell their Mama if their tormenter doesn't stop. World Athletics seems to be threatening a long ban if someone participates in a competition where you can be as doped as you want. Isn't that already what W.A. has been doing for years to athletes caught doping in clean competitions? If they got caught doping, they got banned for three or four years which is basically career ending for most athletes. Oh, and they had to return their medals. They had to actually go out and find a job then or sleep in their parents' garage. Yes, a few have come back after 'rehab', but they are few and hardly worth mentioning. There will always be doubt when we see their name in lights.
And what if an athlete who is clean wants to compete in the Enhanced Games and show those juice heads they can still compete with them? Would Coe want to ban a clean athlete who goes that route? If so, would that even be legal? Something about ..."unfair restraint of trade?" I'll ask my lawyer about that. There obviously is going to be some money to be made, so why make life difficult for an honest, hard working athlete who needs to send his or her kids to school or get them to the orthodontist? Even Noah Lyles needs to maintain his wardrobe.
The Enhanced Games will not be limited to track and field but may also include ballroom dancing, gold fish swallowing, Nathan's Hot Dog eating, oh and most likely the Donald Trump hair growing relay. Wait, do I smell a conspiracy to raise funds for the former president.? Okay, to remain politically neutral we'll also suggest the Joe Biden vs. Mitch McConnell shuffle relay. Possibly the draw to this sort of competition really would be to see if some super drugged whack job tries to squat 3,000 pounds and his brain explodes or his guts shoot out of his nether regions.
This kind of stuff comes out when you are given an extra day every four years to do as you wish.
I like that idea. It gives me an extra day to ignore paying my taxes. George
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