I have this thing, where I don't like competitive sports.

This is one of the reasons why. more may follow.

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http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,25505041-5013016,00.html


Competitive sports are not inclusive. They are often a case of being "second is the first loser."
Many people are put off sports by the hardened competitive edge shown.

As there can only be one winner, it means most people are losers by competing.

no thanks amadd, it's too gritty for me.

A nice hot water with a twist of fresh lime is ideal though

that's what red cordial is all about

But I do agree with you Sprint that a lot of sports have a "win at all costs" mentality, and I suppose that's what often makes a winner.

However, there's a lot of sportspersons that are just trying to improve on their past performances without the need to go outside of the rules. They're the ones that I think get the most out of their sport.

Well the attitude is usually cultural..  like many Americans for example...  they have a culture of adoration for winners only...   for them it's not a matter of how you play the game its a matter of coming first.

Sports don't have an attitude...  people do.

Columbians shoot players from losing teams.

Iraq under the Husseins used to put their football team players in gaol and torture them if they didn't come up to "standard".

The Eastern block embraced a drug culture for performance enhancement, which put pressure on other countries and individuals to follow suit.

But at a level that encompasses the vast majority of the worlds population we have no drug culture or win at all cost attitude only a minority of individuals cheat etc...  the rest enjoy their sport for what it is and what it was meant to be.  Fun, enjoyment, activity, exercise.

oceanz wrote on May 19^th, 2009 at 8:06pm:



I would be happy if sport was seen as fun activity too.

Besides unnecessary emotional strain, not mentioning illegal activities elite sport is down right dangerous to health.

Our Lisa Curry-Kenny damaged her heart muscle.
Too early engagement in weights regime bends bones.

Not to mention joints, lungs, eyes plus many more.

Essentialy you need some sortof drug to be competitive in sports. Be in painkillers to numb the sore as all hell muscles from training, or steroids to buffup and improve ability..

To say that the sports themselves demand people use peformance enhancements is absurd. It's individual abuse backed by peer preassure, and low self-esteem. The sports viewer is none the wiser to what you do or don't do. The reason people take steroids and such is because when they don't, they feel as though they're letting their whole team down. Like it's their fault they lost, and how if they were just a little bit better, the coach would be proud of them, they'd get the highscore, and move on up.

It's like that with everything. People take steroids for the same reason people become annorexic, or become addicted to plastic surgery, or become workaholics. They become engrossed with "things could be better", rather then just chilling and accepting the way things are and occassionaly going the extra mile without pushing yourself too hard.

So instead, we treat the atheletes who DO abuse steroids as villains. As if somehow they did it on purpose to swindle the masses. They're liars, theives, cheaters, and scumbags. All because they fealt inadequite and needed drugs to perform better. Would people get this upset about someone taking Viagra because they didn't think they could make a woman orgasm without it?

When you get down to it, people should not be punished for doing steroids, but the people who compell them too should. It's not the steroids that are bad, but the sortof feelings and abuse that takes place that leads to it's use. An athelete who takes stories is being emotionaly abused by someone, if only himself.