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Originally Posted by Robert Fischer
it's hard to be cynical and go to that dark place, and you have apprehension whether Hong Kong's pristine system = clean perfection, or corruption and information in the hands of a few.
You watch pro sports, and you played ball, and you understand the system, and you see everyone today with at least 15lbs more lean muscle.
My Magic Johnson and Kareem is today's LeBron James and Anthony Davis.
Every talented NFL prospect goes from say 230 in high school to a lean 270 in College and the NFL.
We all know about Lance Armstrong and cycling and we've seen guys like Phelps and Bolt who would have been too 'lanky' now setting records with both more strength and stamina.
We know very little publicly about breeding and rearing of these animals and how advancements in medicine and science could affect that.
I have my own battles, and I can't live in that dark place. I can be apprehensive. I can anticipate changes.
All I want is consistency. Whether it's a horse that always runs a 100beyer with an average trip, or whether it's an owner who likes to always move his well-meant claims up 10 points. I want it to be consistent. I don't want a lot of horses to run faster or slower to what is consistently expected. I don't want connections who run horses at a baseline to suddenly start doping. I don't want dopers to suddenly stop doping.
I'll do the rest.
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While today's players might be taking "special" supplements that lead to them having a lot more lean muscle than they did years ago, the average power forward won't have 15 pounds more muscle in the next GAME than he did last game. His skills also aren't magically increasing overnight. Yet jumps in ability like that happen in horse racing more than we'd like to see. From a gambling (much less ethical) perspective, not at all the same.
