March 26th, 2007

Sport is sport and drugs out please!

Ben Cousins
Ben Cousins
Hands up if your sick of drugs in sport and people taking sport too seriously? I am a HUGE Eagles and Cricket fan but I have had enough with this last week or two events :twisted:

We have the West Coast dope heads opps I mean Eagles admitting they have a booze and drug problem, that is all well and good but why did you leave it this late to make a stand against it and the same can be said about dumping Ben Cousins. Why wait this late? I think it would have been easier to deal with his problems when he was 18-20 than now when he is 28. Let me stat that I enjoy watching him play but think he is stuck up.

I also have to laugh and finally think that the AFL has a problem with Andrew Dimetriou as the head honcho with his mini-me Angry Anderson as his back up. These two are the saddest excuses I have seen as AFL bosses. The other day John Howard says that there should be a zero tollarance of drugs in sport and then Andrew comes up saying that they are going to stick by their current policy??? Hello dumbo, it is not working especially when betting five dollars is a greater crime than doing something illegal in Australia. I do not agree with gambling but gambling is legal were drugs aint, so name the idiots who take them and get them some help. Three strikes is too much as they could be hooked by then, let the club know so they can get him some help.

Bob Woolmer
Bob Woolmer
My second or third point about sport today is the circus going on at the World Cup at the moment. Pakistan and most likely India the two biggest crazy cricketing nations are or will miss out on the super eights stage (were the boys go home), what is the reaction? Disappointment? Well if you call murdering the coach, burning photos of players and mass country-wide protests disappointment I am Donald Duck. I really enjoyed this article by Sambit Bal about how cricket is just a game and I totally 110% agree with him. So ICC and other cricket fans, officials and however else, get a grip and clean your act up….

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Yes, as soon as a player is detected as taking illicit drugs there should be a punishment - it should not be three strikes before they are publicly named and outed. What would happen if one of the players who tested positive overdosed and died because they had not stopped using drugs after initially being caught and only punished with a slap on the wrist? There would be hell to pay. What is needed is perhaps a smaller suspension for a first offence, such as 12 weeks - and for any subsequent offence they should receive at least two years. While any player found taking performance enhancing drugs should be immediately put out for two years - which is in line with what is currently in place.

Comment by Trent — March 27th, 2007 @ 7:41 am

I think the rules and consequences should be the same as the country. I think that maybe a 12 week suspension may seem harsh but this is someones life we are talking about and life is more important than sport.

Thanks for your comment Trent

Comment by GermWorks — March 27th, 2007 @ 9:58 am

Good article hear by Matt Rogers who I think is actually a Christian and his writing reflects that.

http://sports.ninemsn.com.au/matrogers.aspx

in a few days, the link may change if he writes another article, but if you use the above link and try and find it in the archives…

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And it goes around all again. Im glad Cousins was outed though, as much as I hate to see him go and possibly play for someone else. The Eagles needed to make a stand and change their culture.

Comment by GermWorks — October 19th, 2007 @ 2:45 pm

I think the rules and consequences should be the same as the country. I think that maybe a 12 week suspension may seem harsh but this is someones life we are talking about and life is more important than sport.

Comment by 络龙医搜 — February 15th, 2008 @ 3:22 pm

Totally agree with your point about “life being more important than sport”. Its a pity that these two sports (Football and Cricket) do not choose to follow the idea.

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