Originally Posted by jock

I'm going with HDT on that one Thylo.

Sure it looks bad (and its probably a beat up anyway!), but it's not going to get better unless people come to fear the public scrutiny and shame.

Assume that there are drugs in sport in Oz. It would take a huge culture shift to get people to stop using them. Pressure to perform so that funding/sponsorship is continued, the weight of money making drugs freely available, and the spin doctoring that always promises that athletes can't perform at the top without product X means coaches and athletes alike are going to find it hard to resists the lure. Must keep winning, must keep winning....