Should USMS require record breakers to
do drug testing for their records to count?
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Certainly the should, and for the same reason they have S&T judges to enforce the rules. Every argument about "its only masters swimming" can also apply to allowing one-handed turns and similar ways of cheating.
No. Masters Swimming is for people to swim according to the rules of swimming. It's a stretch to call doping regulations the rules of swimming. They define not how we swim, but who is allowed to swim. Basically, they discriminate against a certain class of people. In professional swimming, we probably want to discriminate against dopers, because so much is at stake. In Masters, I would much prefer to allow anyone to swim. If they are on steroids and they beat me, good for them.
Certainly the should, and for the same reason they have S&T judges to enforce the rules. Every argument about "its only masters swimming" can also apply to allowing one-handed turns and similar ways of cheating.
No. Masters Swimming is for people to swim according to the rules of swimming. It's a stretch to call doping regulations the rules of swimming. They define not how we swim, but who is allowed to swim. Basically, they discriminate against a certain class of people. In professional swimming, we probably want to discriminate against dopers, because so much is at stake. In Masters, I would much prefer to allow anyone to swim. If they are on steroids and they beat me, good for them.
