Comment on Why there are no "secondary" sports league that allow performance enhancement drugs?
negativeyoda@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Some of that shit is fucking dangerous. At the height of the EPO (EPO being a hormone which increases red blood cell production and makes the chuckledick system more efficient) era of pro cycling, the rumor was some pros had to wake up in the middle of the night and get on a trainer because they’d gotten their blood so viscous that they risked getting clots of they stayed in one spot too long.
Also, if you do it wrong you’ll absolutely fuck yourself up. Riccardo Ricco Basically gave himself kidney failure because he infused blood which he’d kept in fucking mini fridge.
It’s not like elite athletes aren’t already on weird shit normal people would never consider… they’re on plenty of gear but what’s allowed is already regulated. A lot of pros toe the line, some in better faith than others
Ziggurat@sh.itjust.works 9 months ago
There is also a shit load of pro athlete who died quite young. There is no evidence that they used drugs on their time, but dying at 40 is like a clue