every other athlete in every other sport has to under go drug testing, right? not to say that this is a deterant, but they are tested. wrestler dont feel they should be tested because they are "entertainers" not athletes.
2007-03-12 04:05:07 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sports ➔ Wrestling
They are not subject to this because they are not regulated by any athletic commission. In the 70s and 80s, when it was still catagorized as a sport, there was no real call across the board for drug testing as there is now. When Vince McMahon classified wrestling as sports entertainment, not only did he save tax dollars, but spared himself against regulations that are in other sports. Don't let the title entertainer fool you. Many in professional wrestling have wrestled in college or have done other sports where there is drug testing, so saying these men and women are not athletes is an injustice to them.
2007-03-12 04:17:24 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
There are many "athletes" in this world that are not drug tested. Just because you are drug tested, doesn't mean you are an athlete. And just because you are drug tested, doesn't mean you are clean either. Take a good hard look at some of our pro sports players. You cannot tell me that some of them are not using drugs of any kind. Heck they even give some of them pain shots to get them through the game with an injury. Those are drugs, right??? Look at Ricky Williams (Miami Dolphins), he flat out said he smoked pot. Well didn't he take a drug test. Jamal Tinsley (Indiana Pacers) was just recently caught with pot in his SUV. So now that we have that settled. I am saying that WWE wrestlers are athletes.
2007-03-12 11:31:03 · answer #2 · answered by harvickstheman 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pro wrestlers are athletic performers. Wrestlers that compete in the olympics (Greco Roman style wrestling) ARE tested, as are other truly competitive wrestlers.
But you knew this...
2007-03-12 11:13:16 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think the wrestlers are right, what's the sense of drug tests if there's only show fights with predictable winners? The only sense of such drug tests might be to close out those who take "real" drugs as TV stations would not not like to have cocaine addicts in their shows, too. ;-)
2007-03-12 11:12:50 · answer #4 · answered by male4girlz 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They do drug tests like once a month
2007-03-12 11:42:33 · answer #5 · answered by ryaaan 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i thought the same thing, then i found out that here in oregon they have a mandatory steriod test on on sports that come through here for live events but professional wretling doesnt have to because it is sports entertainment.
2007-03-12 13:25:52 · answer #6 · answered by max b 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
WWE does have some sort of wellness policy, that they adopted shortly after the untimely death of Eddie Guerrero.
2007-03-12 11:11:39 · answer #7 · answered by jm42445 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
YOUR RETARDED
THERE ARE DRUG TESTS IN THE Wwe HOWEVER IF YOU ARE FOUND TAKING STEROIDS AND HAVE PRESCRIPTIONS FOR IT THEN THEY WONT MIND, THEY JUST TAKE THE SUPERSTAR OFF THE ROSTER FOR A WHILE UNTIL THEY STOP
YOU= RETARD
DONT SAY STUFF YOU DONT KNOW ABOUT RETARD
2007-03-12 13:30:54 · answer #8 · answered by Tna "We are Wrestling" 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Do your research. WWE has a Wellness Program.
Try again.
2007-03-12 11:19:15 · answer #9 · answered by Arnold 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
actually, WWE at least, does do drug tests. research it. although to be truthful, it is'nt as as enforced as it should be.
2007-03-12 11:07:51 · answer #10 · answered by Danny S 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋