Talk on Doping, Marion Jones and Trusting Athletes at The Watering Hole

It’s been a while since I last had someone guest blog over at The Watering Hole but I guess this issue about Marion Jones’ Doping Guilt caused our very own b5media Business blogger Rico Mossesgeld of Contract Worker to question an athlete’s integrity whereas I only thought of the medals.

Rico raised a good point. Not that it has never been raised on every drug scandal, but I reckon the subject gets easily dropped in most conversations. I think we need to continue talking about it. Let’s raise awareness and call these athletes out. As sports fans, we believe in a higher cause, the athletes are the front runners (no pun intended). They live our dreams out by competing. They represent the country we are citizens of. The higher cause is love of the sport, love of the country.

Personally, doping merely tells me of inadequacy and incompetence. That athlete doesn’t deserve to step into the arena. That athlete merely wants the glory and NOT the sacrifice. That athlete is greedy. That athlete is an idiot. Selfish git.

Enough of that. Be sure to check out Rico’s post. And if you’re interested to continue the dialogue (on this topic or something else), feel free to join us over at The Watering Hole!