Which is worse? Drugs or Match-fixing?
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by user Alex Holowczak
Both offenses bring disgrace to their sport.
Barry Bonds is rumored to have used steroids to improve performance. Floyd Landis, 2006 Tour de France winner and Justin Gatlin, 100m World Record Holder have been found to have took performance enhancing drugs. Dwain Chambers, a British sprinter has just come back after a two year ban.
Former Champion Jockey Kieran Fallon is serving a ban from racing after allegations that he fixed the results of races in Great Britain. Ex-South African Cricket Captain Hansie Cronje was banned for life after being found guilty of match-fixing.
In terms of the effect on the Athlete, the lost reputation and traditions of the sport, which do you think is worse?
After a lot of thought, I don't know. In both cases, the sport is being ruined, and the players are treated as disgraces. Every time, notice, how it is always the best players have the problems, not the lesser ones. Of all people, they shouldn't need to cheat. They almost always deny it, too. Even Gatlin, who admitted to it, says he was set-up.
As for "traditions of the sport", to an extent it is a well-known fact that boxing and horse racing was fixed pre-war, but still, you get my point.
So which is worse?
Date
Mon 07/31/06, 3:25 am EST
