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Roxana Antohi: Should the sporting world relax about doping?
One of the major arguments against legalising doping is the fear that doing so would force athletes who wished to compete clean to give up or give in. Instead, these people suggest, we should educate the athletes and the public about the benefits of competing clean, as well as develop state-of-the-art tests that leave nothing unnoticed.
This plan is fundamentally flawed however as the benefits of being ‘clean’ are not compelling enough and scientists are constantly playing catch-up with their tests, as new ways of enhancing performance keep developing further. The fairest solution to both athletes and the public is therefore to only ban performance-enhancing drugs that continue to pose health risks even when taking under medical supervision and legalise everything else. This would decrease the health risks posed by doping illegally with minimal medical support and also allow all athletes access to the same level of performance enhancing drugs, levelling the playing field. Unpopular as this might be from a moral standpoint, doping is not as straightforward a matter as it may initially seem and the rules need to evolve to take account of that.
Should the sporting world relax about doping? | Varsity Online
One of the major arguments against legalising doping is the fear that doing so would force athletes who wished to compete clean to give up or give in. Instead, these people suggest, we should educate the athletes and the public about the benefits of competing clean, as well as develop state-of-the-art tests that leave nothing unnoticed.
This plan is fundamentally flawed however as the benefits of being ‘clean’ are not compelling enough and scientists are constantly playing catch-up with their tests, as new ways of enhancing performance keep developing further. The fairest solution to both athletes and the public is therefore to only ban performance-enhancing drugs that continue to pose health risks even when taking under medical supervision and legalise everything else. This would decrease the health risks posed by doping illegally with minimal medical support and also allow all athletes access to the same level of performance enhancing drugs, levelling the playing field. Unpopular as this might be from a moral standpoint, doping is not as straightforward a matter as it may initially seem and the rules need to evolve to take account of that.
Should the sporting world relax about doping? | Varsity Online
