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Originally Posted by afc wimbledon
I tend to not care so much about individuals as sports, track and field has always tried to catch athletes using PEDS, unlike cycling, and so the athletes were always aware that what they were doing was wrong, the same cannot be said for cycling, the use of PEDs has been endemic, accepted and mostly embraced by the sport, at individual, team and governing body level throughout the sports history.
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what you are suggesting, however, is moral relativism.
If something is wrong, and people know its wrong, then I am not sure if the excuse of legitimacy rings true.
Especially in light of the Festina fiasco. What you say might have been true prior to that, but certainly not after...
sadly, i used to follow cycling a lot. Now, virtually never, with the exception of one or two of the grand mountain stages.
Cheating, institutionalized or not, is killing the sport amongst its fans who no longer believe the results on the road nor the cries of innocence during the press conferences.