Since there hasn't been any controversy in the the forums lately, perhaps we should smack the hornet's nest a bit...
What are your thoughts regarding the following hypothetical situation as it relates to competition:
Suppose that tomorrow morning we wake up to find that medical researchers have discovered that a mixture of various substances (e.g. human growth hormone, testosterone, etc) can be taken with little or no bad side effects. Furthermore, it offers the following benefits on average:
1) A longer life span.
2) Improved general health, both mental and physical.
3) Greater resistance to some of the more common severe health problems such as heart disease, cancers, alzheimer's, etc.
Suppose that it also has a strong positive affect on one's swimming performance.
Suppose further that this treatment is expensive and not covered by most health insurers.
Question: Are the people who take it for the health benefits welcome to compete in master's swimming? Would your answer be different if the treatment were available inexpensively/free to everyone?
-LBJ
Originally posted by Leonard Jansen
Question: Are the people who take it for the health benefits welcome to compete in master's swimming? Would your answer be different if the treatment were available inexpensively/free to everyone?
-LBJ
personally, at the end of the race, the clock is the only measure of success I look at, not how many people came in before or after me. thats not to say I don't take pleasure in winning, I do, but getting first with a lousy time isnt really satisfying, whereas getting fifth, or whatever, with a PB, is.
Originally posted by Leonard Jansen
Question: Are the people who take it for the health benefits welcome to compete in master's swimming? Would your answer be different if the treatment were available inexpensively/free to everyone?
-LBJ
personally, at the end of the race, the clock is the only measure of success I look at, not how many people came in before or after me. thats not to say I don't take pleasure in winning, I do, but getting first with a lousy time isnt really satisfying, whereas getting fifth, or whatever, with a PB, is.
