Drug cheats in Sport - Should they be allowed to compete in Olympics?

Groucho



Joined: 26/04/2008
Posts: 7993

Message Posted:
07/10/2011 10:00

Where do you stand on allowing former drug cheats back into competition?

My stance is - never, anyone caught cheating - life ban no appeal. How else can the young learn to keep themselves 'clean'?

Optimist


Joined: 24/08/2009
Posts: 111

Message Posted:
07/10/2011 10:21

Agree with you entirely. The floodgates are open now for sports people to do exactly what they like without any significant consequences.

deputydawg


Joined: 30/03/2010
Posts: 1727

Message Posted:
07/10/2011 10:32

The punishment should be an enforced fatal overdose of whatever substance they used to cheat with. As the cheating involves professionals and monetary gain every case should be tried as fraud in courts of law. I long ago ceased to watch or follow drug aspirated sports such as athletics, cycling, wrestling, swimming etc and individual sportsmen who have a physique which obviously could not have been gained in a gym or by hard training. Some of these "incredible bulks" make "The Incredible Hulk" look anorexic !

mikelapta



Joined: 20/11/2008
Posts: 2186

Message Posted:
07/10/2011 10:35

Never,never should they compete in ANY event.They have cheated,and will do it again



Mike

0maintenance


Joined: 22/09/2010
Posts: 2179

Message Posted:
07/10/2011 11:00

Yes if they are clean.

fosterscan


Joined: 27/02/2010
Posts: 541

Message Posted:
07/10/2011 20:53

When you say DRUGS the drugs the 'cheats' use are the same as we all use in our food, drinks and energy bars. So no let them in

gooligan


Joined: 30/01/2007
Posts: 1591

Message Posted:
07/10/2011 21:27

What about that Scottish skier who won a medal in the winter olympics and had it taken off him because of a Vicks nasel inhaler,perfectly legal in the UK but the one he bought in Canada had different ingredients in it,forever classed as a cheat by the olympic committee,and by some of you apparantly :(

mikelapta



Joined: 20/11/2008
Posts: 2186

Message Posted:
07/10/2011 21:45

have a "drug olympics"for the druggies.

100m in?secs

Interesting

Groucho



Joined: 26/04/2008
Posts: 7993

Message Posted:
10/10/2011 22:54

Five-time Olympic gold medallist Sir Steve Redgrave believes drug cheats should be permanently banned from competing at the Games after American LaShawn Merritt recently overturned his own ban.

Merritt won an appeal against an International Olympic Committee doping law last Thursday, and the outcome has seen British sprinter Dwain Chambers consider appealing against his own ban from the event.

Chambers was found guilty of using performance-enhancing drugs in 2003 and Redgrave says the British Olympic Association should hold firm on its current ruling that he cannot compete at London 2012.

No1Doyen


Joined: 04/07/2008
Posts: 16617

Message Posted:
10/10/2011 23:01

Absolutely no way. None of this namby pamby stuff, one strike and you are out!