I'm not into any of the regular sport American style football (not football as in soccer), hockey...
I just see American football and hockey as blood sport. I just can't fathom how a hocky player can get away with bludgening his opponent with the club and getting away with it or when they are punching and kicking each other. That's not sports! or football players yanking opponents helmet and slamming the guy into the ground from behind. I see it as aggrevated assult. Maybe this is why other pro sports tolerate bad behavior or maybe its even expected. Or even in baseball, I guess there is even a term for when a pitcher deliberately aims the ball at the batter's head with usual ensuing clear the dugout for fist fight fest.
Cycling still has certain amount of gentlemanly quality. JanUllrich stopped when Lance crashed into a spectator... lead pack stops when the yellow jersey goes down because of spectators and what not and wait for the yellow jersey to start up. Maybe this is why we don't tolerate such things.
pro cycling does have a problem with drugs and needs to clean up. Though as nazi-esque in some respect, the problem is so wide spread that the heavy handed approach is needed to clean up. I just hope that those who are clean are not implicated or worse. Once sport is cleaned up, maybe the heavy air of draconian enforcement can be lifted and get back to the joy of cycling and racing.
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