Larry
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No clue what deer antlers can do but the NFL's ability to ignore things like HGH is hilarious. It is late 90s baseball all over again.
But it's all about the SAFETY!
Sports are self-hating in a way.
It is a constant battle between the suits and the players.
In cycling, its blood doping. In baseball, it was amphetamines and then performance enhancers. In football, it was concussions and violent play (performance enhancing isn't even an issue, so they ignore it).
What made those sports great and lined the pockets of the suits during their peak is what those suits would eventually fight against. In sports, athletes will always find a way to enhance performance...it has been that way since the beginning of professional sports in this country. Whether it was greenies in the gatorade or getting on that horse meat...athletes will find a way to enhance performance. And, its not to make yourself bigger, faster, and stronger...for the most part its to make your performance in Game 17 (or Game 160 in baseball or 80 something in basketball or hockey or stage 20 in the Tour de France) as good as Game 1.
Its not "cheating" as the popular nomenclature would tell you...is it really cheating if EVERYONE does it (and don't be naive...EVERYONE is trying to enhance performance in some way...some with more daring acts than others).
But, once these issues come to the mainstream, the suits gon' suit and they do what they always do, which is, self-hate...
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