Is it time for a regulated use of drugs in sport?

The fans bay for blood. He did it last time and he should do better this time. If he doesn’t then the advertising space becomes free again. So he is left with a choice. Working within the limitations of his body or pop that pill that promises to make him 30% better and cannot be tracked by the system.

'We live in this world where we are of the shockingly misguided belief that sport is generally clean'

There has been a lot of noise in the news of late about drugs and how they are supposedly ruining it for everyone. Now let it be said right from the start that I am not into the use of drugs for any reason other than medicinal and I will support any cause that works against it. On the other hand, we live in this world where we are of the shockingly misguided belief that sport is generally clean.

It has been proven that in the ancient Olympics, the men and women involved back then used performance enhancing drugs to improve in the execution of any discipline that they were involved in. The Olympians became prized assets all over the old world and legend grew of them. The playing ground was even.

Now we are not so sure because there are many of our favourite household names who have not been so clean and happened to get away with. I am not about to suggest any by name because then I could get slapped with a libel suit faster than I can think hobnobbing, which would not exactly be any good for my financial performance.