Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2003 17:00:55 -0700 (PDT) From: Dan Kaplan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: t-and-f: Track v other sports
- --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: <<if you took the lid off of drugging by completely eliminating testing you'd be running a huge gamble that the inevitable rapid jump in performance levels would be viewed by the public as completely a product of drugs, and not a product of athletes.>>
Aren't we already there already with the testing system in place? I don't see how the steadily building hysteria can do anything but make the situation even worse.
Dan
I disagree. I think that many people believe that the current testing procedure has greatly reduced the amount of drug usage. Obviously, the only way to settle this would be an empirical survey of fan attitudes about different sports. As I've written on this list, the historic performance data are consistent with the imposition of drug testing in the 1980s creating a significant deterrent that has shown in the events most aided by performance enhancing drugs.
Richard McCann
