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08-23-2009, 11:48 PM
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It's like saying it's OK for a racecar with a jet engine to win the Indianapolis 500 because they were just making their car faster.
Taking steriods - Illegal drugs mind you - to enhance performance is cheating. You're not relying on natural talent or hardwork, rather you're relying on a chemical to make you faster and stronger.
It's like a boxer loading his gloves with lead. But so long as his stats are good, who cares right?
Can you gurantee that everyone in the Hall currently didn't use some kind of "aid" to help their performance: corked bats, pine tar, spit balls, any number of other things.
Taking anything to enhance performance can be seen as cheating.
Natural talent should be the judge alone for whether someone plays a professional sport, but it's not and the overriding issue is because players feel they need that edge to get above their competition because of the benefits that result.
Until that issue is confronted and resolved, then there will always be (and always has been) players looking for something to give them the edge over the rest.
Racecar drivers get penalized ALL THE TIME for little things they do. They are always looking for the little things that will give them the edge. You only hear about it when people get caught.
Where'd I say it's okay to cheat? It's not.
I just said that it happens and it's partly the fault of the fans for creating the atmosphere that makes these guys feel like they have to cheat.
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