marc45
G.O.A.T.
Christophe raises some serious questions. I do tend to think that a lot of tennis players are doping, but i doublt that i could tell which for sure. What do we know for sure?
- Several players have brought attention to doping in tennis, saying that it is a problem.
- ATP has covered up drug use (the Agassi issue)
- Some players were caught out (e.g. the Argentinians: Chela, Coria)
There is a lot of money riding on these players and keeping up the brands that major corporations and advertisers have invested in. I would love to see more testing and a fairer, more transparent system in place even if it meant that one of my favourite players turns out to be a user, but i have little faith in this happening. The best we can hope for is rules that make tennis more skill/talent oriented rather than entirely about stamina, height, recovery time and physical strength (the stuff drugs influence more easily).
I'm not interested in speculating on, or rumours about, which players are doping, because considering how tribal most people are about their avatars/heroes, it won't enlighten us in most cases.
I don't agree with Christophe that it should be legalised and accepted. I want to see real human beings compete and inspire us, not juiced up science projects. I might as well watch formula one where it's more about technology than the driver; i prefer karting.
good post, but i don't know about players saying it's a problem..fed and murray said there should be more testing but did they say that's because they know there is doping...and for those like ex noah how exactly would a player know that about another player?...what evidence do they have?... btw, armstrong had a whole team thing going on...are players doing this with other players or in front of them?
it would be a sad day if one of these top guys were proven to have done it...we are in an historical time and it would crush the record books like the home run race in baseball
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