Getting into a new podcast that I just found. Thought I'd pass the gist of today's on to you because I think its good stuff especially in light of the Lance Armstrong, Melky Cabrera, and Bartolo Colon incidents and the dramas involved:
“… if
you doubt the voices, there is no opera; if you doubt the bodies, there is no
sport. It becomes just another entertainment with special effects.” This line
is at the heart of what Frank Deford wanted to pass across to us in today’s edition of his weekly podcast, “Sweetness and
Light”. He feels that doping (juicing, roiding, etc) is the cardinal sin of
sports and that athletes that juice cause us not only to lose respect for them
but to lose faith in the sport itself: it ruins the overall experience. It ruins
the belief that these athletes are doing something a normal person cannot. He
stresses that certain arts and presentations are not only okay with being fake,
some are actually improved by it. He cites magicians and movies as relying on
“special effects” and tricks to make themselves work. Sports on the other hand
base themselves on being real. Being “honest”. Being believable.
In my opinion, most athletes can do as much dumb
stuff as they want. Dez Bryant, every time he gets busted for drinking or punching
out his girl only makes himself look like a total douche. But that’s his
prerogative. He can present himself however he wants. But when someone pops a
couple pills to create a false sense of superiority and dominance, he not only
betrays himself, he betrays all of the sporting community as a whole and even
more the fan base who trust that what they are doing is fair and just. Nothing
is worse than that.\
And that's all I got.
Except this link to the article and podcast
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