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“Winning isn’t everything it’s the only thing, whoever said winning isn’t everything never won anything.” etc It might be cultural, but that attitude strikes m

• codeulike 6y ago
  You need to define 'Sport' and also 'cheating'. You have a definition for the former but apparently not for the latter. e.g. if one of Lance's competitors on the Tour had (lets imagine) added some magically small but powerful electric motor to his bike and used that to win, would that be fair game?
  • readarticle 6y ago
    I’m poking at the idea of sportsmanship being as relevant as you’re making it seem to sport—especially at the top—not the concept of cheating or fair play. But to answer your question, if the sport has a profusely well documented history of electric motor usage that’s over a century long [0], with a huge proportion of its winners using them, then arguably “yes”. For all intents and purposes it’s now part of it! Assuming you’re trying to win, at least. And in the same way, getting caught is totally fair too. It’s just losing by another name. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doping_at_the_Tour_de_France https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doping_at_the_Tour_de_France
    • codeulike 6y ago
      Hmm, ok. So maybe we should rename the sport from Cycling to Cycling While Pretending Not To Be On Drugs Everyone would know where they stood then.
      • readarticle 6y ago
        It’s a bit on the nose, wordy, and already implied but I’m not totally against it ;)