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Michael Phelps is cheating

I do agree that Phelps has been cheating - apparently he trains most days and tries to swim faster than anyone else. If that isn't cheating I don't know what is!
 
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Darat said:
I do agree that Phelps has been cheating - apaprently he trains most days and tries to swim faster than anyone else. If that isn't cheating I don't know what is!
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Don't forget how he hand-picked his parents to give him those physical traits that are perfect for swimming.

I hope they take his medals away and give them to that Swedish wrestler.
 
Darat said:
I do agree that Phelps has been cheating - apparently he trains most days and tries to swim faster than anyone else. If that isn't cheating I don't know what is!
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You're joking, but my high school cross country team was once accused of having an unfair advantage because we trained on weekends, during the off-season(including the summer!), and even had practice on rainy days!
 
Do all you USAians sports people do this? In the UK athletes are not allowed by law to train, in fact our Olympic team is chosen by lottery (we actually get the choice either jury service or going to the Olympics).
 
Darat said:
Do all you USAians sports people do this? In the UK athletes are not allowed by law to train, in fact our Olympic team is chosen by lottery (we actually get the choice either jury service or going to the Olympics).
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Excuses, excuses....
 
Darat said:
Do all you USAians sports people do this? In the UK athletes are not allowed by law to train, in fact our Olympic team is chosen by lottery (we actually get the choice either jury service or going to the Olympics).
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The reality is you're all just natural cyclists... ;)
 
Darat said:
Do all you USAians sports people do this? In the UK athletes are not allowed by law to train, in fact our Olympic team is chosen by lottery (we actually get the choice either jury service or going to the Olympics).
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To be strictly accurate, we are not allowed to get up and train - which is why we keep winning gold in the sitting down events (sailing, rowing, cycling) which slip through a loophole.
 
JoeEllison said:
You're joking, but my high school cross country team was once accused of having an unfair advantage because we trained on weekends, during the off-season(including the summer!), and even had practice on rainy days!
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When I was running Cross Country in High School we would meet up, voluntarily, over the summer to train together and we were also accused of breaking a no summer training rule. However the rule only stated the coach couldn't coach us during the summer and we were just doing it on our own so their protests were in vain. We were first place in the league that year too if I might brag for a moment.:cool:
 
It is funny, though, that while steroids get all the press, they are only the tip of the "performance enhancing drugs" iceberg, which has acetominophin, or some other analgesic, as the bulk of it.

Ask a MLB pitcher what they would be able to do without Tylenol? In the US Open, Tiger Woods could hardly walk by the 9th hole, and admitted that he took massive pain killers to get him through the back 9. Athletes have problems admitting they take cortisone shots.

These are all "performance enhancing," because they are allowing the body to do things it couldn't do without them. IOW, there is a fine line between what is acceptable and not acceptable. Then again, I don't think the iPod is very close to that line.
 
Lothian said:
I am getting my leg off next week in preparation.
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Unfortunately since Lothian's NHS trust has fallen behind on the HP repayments the amputation saw is currently somewhere in Norfolk and his operation has been delayed for eight months. If anyone has a saw, axe, sledgehammer or similar that they could lend out then I'm sure Team GB would be grateful.

We wouldn't want our friend Lothian to just miss out on his opportunity to win a medal - in true British style he wants to do that himself.
 
JoeEllison said:
You're joking, but my high school cross country team was once accused of having an unfair advantage because we trained on weekends, during the off-season(including the summer!), and even had practice on rainy days!
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As Travis notes below, there are restriction on what practice is allowed for certain athletic teams (high school, college). Your case may not have been against the rules, but the concept that you were violating league rules is not silly. The devil is in the details, not in the concept.
 
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