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<blockquote data-quote="dasNdanger" data-source="post: 561221" data-attributes="member: 61962">I&#039;m not sure how I feel about it.&nbsp; In a sport where one player can win or lose a game, then I think an end needs to be put to the doping thing across the board.&nbsp; But in team sports where everyone is playing at once (football, NFL, basketball, rugby, etc) I don&#039;t see where the PEDs actually help a team win.&nbsp; While strength and endurance are important, it still boils down to natural skill and the bounce of the ball.&nbsp; Still, I think it&#039;s a sad commentary when teams/players feel the need to dope in order to win or even be competitive.&nbsp; It&#039;s a shortcut and suggests a lack of professional discipline.&nbsp; I wouldn&#039;t worry about the pot thing.&nbsp; That just makes guys hungry and paranoid and I can&#039;t imagine it would have any positive impact on a game, in fact, quite the opposite.&nbsp; I can just see a buncha stoned rugby players on the pitch...&quot;Dude...where&#039;s the ball?&quot;&quot;Chill, man...forget the ball and stretch out here in the grass...it&#039;s like, all sorts of soft and stuff.&quot;&quot;Whooooooaaa...that&#039;s gnarly, dude.&nbsp; It&#039;s like a pink polyester wool blend carpet, only it&#039;s green...and it&#039;s grass...&quot;&quot;Oh, look...over there...the ball...&quot;&quot;Wish it was a Twinkie...&quot;Yeah...I can&#039;t see as how cannabis would ever be considered &#039;doping&#039; in the performance-enhancing sense of the word.das</blockquote>

[QUOTE="dasNdanger, post: 561221, member: 61962"] I'm not sure how I feel about it. In a sport where one player can win or lose a game, then I think an end needs to be put to the doping thing across the board. But in team sports where everyone is playing at once (football, NFL, basketball, rugby, etc) I don't see where the PEDs actually help a team win. While strength and endurance are important, it still boils down to natural skill and the bounce of the ball. Still, I think it's a sad commentary when teams/players feel the need to dope in order to win or even be competitive. It's a shortcut and suggests a lack of professional discipline. I wouldn't worry about the pot thing. That just makes guys hungry and paranoid and I can't imagine it would have any positive impact on a game, in fact, quite the opposite. I can just see a buncha stoned rugby players on the pitch... "Dude...where's the ball?" "Chill, man...forget the ball and stretch out here in the grass...it's like, all sorts of soft and stuff." "Whooooooaaa...that's gnarly, dude. It's like a pink polyester wool blend carpet, only it's green...and it's grass..." "Oh, look...over there...the ball..." "Wish it was a Twinkie..." Yeah...I can't see as how [COLOR=#333333]cannabis would ever be considered 'doping' in the performance-enhancing sense of the word. [/COLOR] das [/QUOTE]

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