Do you think that there are any participants in Masters Swimming that use illegal supplements?
John Smith
Parents
Former Member
No Sam, there are many things that are legal that are also cheating.
Just because FINA defines something as a performance enhancing drug that is against the rules does not make it illegal, but it is still cheating. Illegality is defined by local laws, not by international bodies.
Masters swimming does not even make it against the rules, but it is still cheating.
It is an odd bias that thinks that only the younger swimmers could perhaps take performance enhancing drugs. It is the generation 10 years older than me (46) that made a public statement for the consumption of illegal drugs (not that they were by any means the first generation to take them.)
But, Sam is right in that a cheater does not need money or fame to cheat. Just being recognized as a great swimmer by USMS swimmers is enough, or seeing your name in a list of the best age group swimmers in the country. And it is not very hard to justify by the people who are going to cheat. "Everybody does it," or "the best swimmers do it," is enough.
No Sam, there are many things that are legal that are also cheating.
Just because FINA defines something as a performance enhancing drug that is against the rules does not make it illegal, but it is still cheating. Illegality is defined by local laws, not by international bodies.
Masters swimming does not even make it against the rules, but it is still cheating.
It is an odd bias that thinks that only the younger swimmers could perhaps take performance enhancing drugs. It is the generation 10 years older than me (46) that made a public statement for the consumption of illegal drugs (not that they were by any means the first generation to take them.)
But, Sam is right in that a cheater does not need money or fame to cheat. Just being recognized as a great swimmer by USMS swimmers is enough, or seeing your name in a list of the best age group swimmers in the country. And it is not very hard to justify by the people who are going to cheat. "Everybody does it," or "the best swimmers do it," is enough.
