Definition: Pundit - an expert who speaks publicly on a subject.
What has been happening in sport lately has caused me to become retrospective.- When sprinter Ben Johnson tested positive for the steroid Stanozolol after shattering the field in the 100 meters at the 1988 Olympics, sports pundits exclaimed that this would clean up the sport of track and field.
- It did - but only in Canada.The shame for one of our own getting caught led to a judicial inquiry and drastic enforcement within Canadian sport.
- Lance Armstrong's confession to Oprah about using banned substances during his 7 Tour de France victories led cycling pundits to say that the downfall of Armstrong would clean up cycling.
- Last November, a more recent Tour winner, Chris Froome tested positive for Salbutanol, a controlled asthma medication. The pundits must be right. The sport is cleaner but most of the riders now have asthma and need blood oxygen enhancing meds.
- When Marion Jones got caught up in the Balco performance enhancing drugs scandal, pundits said that this would clean up track and field.
- The Russian track and field team was barred from the 2016 Olympics for allegedly running a state sponsored sports doping program. According to the pundits, this will clean up the sport of track and field. Is this starting to sound repetitive?
- Close to 50 Kenyan distance runners have failed retroactive drug tests since 2012. Some have been Olympic Champions. Let me say it.....This will clean up track and field!!!
- The 3rd place finisher in the men's division of the last CrossFit Games tested positive for SARM's -Selective Androgen Receptor Modulator- a new wave anabolic agent. This will clean up CrossFit! I like saying that!
- At least in Professional Bodybuilding they do not deny that the gargantuan champs are not juiced. When one of them drops dead at 35 years of age there are no bodybuilding pundits claiming that "This will clean up bodybuilding!" It is just back to business as usual.
. However, mostly is a far deeper human condition called greed that runs rampant in humanity. We can control it but never eliminate it. It is a malfunctioning of the soul.
Little Bobby Strong
Aspiring Fitness / Sports Pundit
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| This runner tested positive. This will clean up track and field ! |
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| Or will it???? |
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