So dissapointed

[Eden]

Not really a level playing field because good people dropped out of the sport because they did not want to do the doping.

Also, people react differently to the types of drugs given so even if everyone doped some had more of an advantage than others.

FWIW.

And some people's bodies react differently to training.... or are they are just born different - with more lung capacity, bigger hearts, the ability to build muscle, tolerance to lactic acid etc. etc..... There is no such thing as a level playing field period. We all have to play the cards that we are dealt. Some people get a crap hand in the first place, others have to work extra hard to play what they get and the lucky ones just receive an ace in the hole on the deal. If it were level we'd all start out with the same potential, but that just isn't so and never will be

It's not a justification to cheat. Sports have rules because without them they would cease to be measurable contests, but on the other hand having a "level playing field" isn't a good argument for determining exactly what should be allowed and what should be banned, as it is a fiction in the first place... We revere these people because they are extraordinary, because they can do things that we couldn't equal in our wildest dreams (I could cheat as much as possible and I probably wouldn't be able to out ride a completely clean Lance Armstrong on an adult tricycle with a load of bricks in the basket....). If we could all achieve the same, we wouldn't be interested in them.