I DONT.BUT DONT LIE.BE HONEST.
2007-05-28 17:08:01 · 9 answers · asked by yari 2 in Sports ➔ Cycling
I myself would never take any banned substance to increase my performance. It's a matter of integrity and honor, and I am an honest person.
As far as the pros go, I'm a little torn. On one hand, they should be clean, right? Science should not decide the winner, it should be mano-a-mano! Never mind the nutritionists, training regimens, watt-meters, personalized bike fit, special clothing, wind tunnel testing, advanced composite materials for frames and components, ceramic bearings and legal suppliments, aside from all that the race should be PURE! Right?
But then again, the Pro Tour is the Formula 1 of cycling and should be used to showcase the absolute top-level of competition, whether that be the science behind carbon fiber or the science behind DNA. Over-doping has its consequences, as shown by the 25-year old athletes suffering heart failure from a 60% hematocrit! If the riders are willing to be guinea pigs for some untested substance that has yet to be banned just for that little advantage, why not? If you're willing to put your life on the line, don't whine when you die from it!
If the claims are true and EVERY pro cyclist is doping anyway, then they're still on a level playing field, right? If the majority are doping and NOT winning, then what's the point? But they push the boundaries of biological science very quickly!. Maybe they'll come up with a substance that improves cancer patients' chances of survival or fixes Alzheimer's disease or MS as a by-product of making you faster. Who knows?
If they want to spend the money to do DNA research that Bush would rather spend on killing foreigners, why not let them? It doesn't affect me getting a good night's sleep.
2007-05-29 11:57:40 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes... I care. I see it as cheating, and in anything, sports, business, relationships... cheating is reprehensible IMO.
I believe that young riders go into the sports out of passion and love of cycling, and to become a pro, you probably need to have started at a young age (16-17 years old at most..., maybe not fully aware of choices they will have to take).
So doping means that these young riders, if talented enough to get pro, will most likely have to face the choice around 20 years old whether or not they want to put potentially dangerous substances in their system, or if they accept to not be as competitive as some others... and then probably not being able to make a living out of their passion... Doping is cheating, and betraying the ones who don't want to take risk with their health.
2007-05-30 15:23:35 · answer #2 · answered by claired 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think doping is bad for any sports.
For one, I don't think it's healthy, and I don't think it's fair. It starts bringing stuff not good for the sport, and rather than having John competing vs Mike, it becomes one pharmaceutical firm vs another. Not good.
2007-05-29 19:29:01 · answer #3 · answered by Roberto 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes it is doing a lot of damage to the sport.
2007-05-29 01:33:39 · answer #4 · answered by black23whale 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i assume you are referring to the doping scandals in professional cycling. yes i care.
i wish they would clean up their act.
it tarnishes the sport. The winners should win fair and square. if they cheat they are not heroes,
2007-05-29 00:34:52 · answer #5 · answered by casual_rider 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
whats doping?
2007-05-29 00:14:52 · answer #6 · answered by Deejay_Elle_Ti 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nope. If that's what they want to do- it's their choice. Not too healthy though.
2007-05-29 00:16:59 · answer #7 · answered by purpledeucegirl06 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Don't care one iota because I have same feelings about 'cycling!!!
2007-05-29 00:53:51 · answer #8 · answered by LONG-JOHN 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
its killing the sport. I care about it.
2007-05-29 07:08:50 · answer #9 · answered by borracho111 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋