Curious to know what people think about the treatment that Dwain Chambers is getting both within England and throughout Europe.
I am staunchly against PEDs, fully support aggressive and frequent testing, fully support the 2 year ban 1st offense and lifetime for 2nd.
I think Dwain Chambers hurt a lot of people and the sport by cheating. It's messed up; anyone who cheats is hurting others in the sport and the sport itself. Period.
Nonetheless, I think that British media, many of the athletes and most European meeting directors are extending the man's punishment beyond what is reasonable.
For crying outloud, the man has paid his dues. He done wrong, but by all accounts he has come back clean.
Let him be, let him run on the British 4x100, let him compete in the bigger European meets if he's good enough. He can leave a good legacy for himself and the sport by demonstrating success in redemption as a clean athlete - and speaking to youth, etc. about why it's important to compete clean, which I believe he has been doing.
So, current treatment: unfair or justified?
Am I wrong? Am I being too easy on the guy, or am I only one that thinks that Steve Cram needs to get over it?
I am staunchly against PEDs, fully support aggressive and frequent testing, fully support the 2 year ban 1st offense and lifetime for 2nd.
I think Dwain Chambers hurt a lot of people and the sport by cheating. It's messed up; anyone who cheats is hurting others in the sport and the sport itself. Period.
Nonetheless, I think that British media, many of the athletes and most European meeting directors are extending the man's punishment beyond what is reasonable.
For crying outloud, the man has paid his dues. He done wrong, but by all accounts he has come back clean.
Let him be, let him run on the British 4x100, let him compete in the bigger European meets if he's good enough. He can leave a good legacy for himself and the sport by demonstrating success in redemption as a clean athlete - and speaking to youth, etc. about why it's important to compete clean, which I believe he has been doing.
So, current treatment: unfair or justified?
Am I wrong? Am I being too easy on the guy, or am I only one that thinks that Steve Cram needs to get over it?
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