Following up on the discussion of whether anabolic steroids are “cheating” in sports, Rick addresses the different issue of whether steroid use is “cheating” outside the context of competitive athletics — within the context of mature adult “gym rats.” Q: If doping in sports is cheating because it breaks the rules, what about steroid use…
Q: Do you believe, as many do, that using steroids in sports is cheating? A: The simple answer is yes. Most sports have rules against performance enhancing drugs. The relevant definition of cheating is to deliberately violate rules in order to gain an advantage. While there may be some rules or laws that are so…
By the time the torch was extinguished and the dust of Athens had settled at the end of the summer Olympics, a total of 24 athletes had been thrown out of the Games for cheating by the use of performance-enhancing drugs, double the previous record of 12 from the Los Angeles Games in 1984. And…
A provocative essay by William Saletan appears at Slate.com, raising the question of why improved performance through hormones is considered cheating while improved performance through ocular surgery is not. The author suggests that LASIK surgery may be enhancing, rather than merely corrective, in athletes. He further suugests an irony in the fact that Rep. Tom…
