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Originally posted by Nickatilynx@Feb 23 2005, 09:33 AM
And look what happened to Ben Johnson when he got caught...
His career was fucked...
How come no one cares if baseball stars take roids?
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because olympic atheletes are not supposed to get caught either and generally less people care about the olympics. also, they are held accountable to the world, not just to sponsors in the US. its just as much about global politics as it is about competing.
if ben johnson ran 160 times a year, had 10-100 million in endorsements, competed all over the US and it was leading up to the world series every year and 10's of millions of people actually cared and were on the edge of their seats every time... he would have been bigger news.
the olympics suck too. i think weapons and drugs should be allowed in the olympics and made available to all athletes. how boring is that shit? luge? curling? uneven parallel bars? B O R I N G! curling would be cool though if someone was shooting arrows at them or something... its something to think about.
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