Are we to believe Canberra's sports stars are islands of virtue in a sea of doping?

JimCharles said :

I read the bit that Canberra teams get tested more than anybody because they’re so close to AIS, and they sometimes need to boost their testing figures so use the Raiders as an easy top-up.

Oops.

I read the bit that Canberra teams get tested more than anybody because they’re so close to AIS, and they sometimes need to boost their testing figures so use the Raiders as an easy top-up.
The bit that interested me in the report was the evidence of drug use filtering down to local and amateur sport, and for general recreational use in fitness.
Since I’ve been in Canberra I’ve seen a *lot* of bulked-up blokes walking round, there’s no way that’s natural physique even taking into account the fitness record of Canberrans.
I had a mate who got into this sort of thing about 10 years ago in the UK, he put on rapid muscle growth and it ended up sending him half-mad….wanton aggression, desperate need to be noticed, swaggering walk, always looking out for a fight he could get involved in.
It took him a long time to get off the stuff because it seems to be psychologically addictive (if not chemically), as well as the risk of long term health effects and damage to the heart and other organs.

gazket said :

The whole story is a distraction from the governments miss management of the country. The gov say it’s rife but they have no proof or arrested anybody. A rack piss vials turn out to be a 5 year old jar off piss.
Labour wrecked the country to suit themselves and now they are trying to save their skin at the expense of Australian sport. They also say crooked betting is rife but can only come up with one example and it’s probably the Ryan Tandy saga.

You should have probably used the word Juliar to support your thesis.

dungfungus said :

gazket said :

The whole story is a distraction from the governments miss management of the country. The gov say it’s rife but they have no proof or arrested anybody. A rack piss vials turn out to be a 5 year old jar off piss.
Labour wrecked the country to suit themselves and now they are trying to save their skin at the expense of Australian sport. They also say crooked betting is rife but can only come up with one example and it’s probably the Ryan Tandy saga.

After seeing Jason Clare on Insiders this morning, I am inclined to agree with you on this.

If two Liberal Party fanboys think it then it must be true.

gazket said :

The whole story is a distraction from the governments miss management of the country. The gov say it’s rife but they have no proof or arrested anybody. A rack piss vials turn out to be a 5 year old jar off piss.
Labour wrecked the country to suit themselves and now they are trying to save their skin at the expense of Australian sport. They also say crooked betting is rife but can only come up with one example and it’s probably the Ryan Tandy saga.

After seeing Jason Clare on Insiders this morning, I am inclined to agree with you on this.

The whole story is a distraction from the governments miss management of the country. The gov say it’s rife but they have no proof or arrested anybody. A rack piss vials turn out to be a 5 year old jar off piss.
Labour wrecked the country to suit themselves and now they are trying to save their skin at the expense of Australian sport. They also say crooked betting is rife but can only come up with one example and it’s probably the Ryan Tandy saga.

Ronnielane said :

LSWCHP said :

I haven’t been interested in any professional sport for many years. Not all games are rigged, but some are. Not all players are doped, but some are. And there’s enough of both to make it all a big yawn, whether it’s AFL, NRL, cycling or whatever.

LSWCHP said :

I haven’t been interested in any professional sport for many years. Not all games are rigged, but some are. Not all players are doped, but some are. And there’s enough of both to make it all a big yawn, whether it’s AFL, NRL, cycling or whatever.

If “have not been interested in years” why have you responded?

LSWCHP said :

I haven’t been interested in any professional sport for many years. Not all games are rigged, but some are. Not all players are doped, but some are. And there’s enough of both to make it all a big yawn, whether it’s AFL, NRL, cycling or whatever.

LSWCHP said :

I haven’t been interested in any professional sport for many years. Not all games are rigged, but some are. Not all players are doped, but some are. And there’s enough of both to make it all a big yawn, whether it’s AFL, NRL, cycling or whatever.

If you “have not been interested in years” why have you responded?

This is a public forum where people express their views, and the latest revelations simply appear to confirm what I’ve been thinking for the last 20 years or so, so I posted a comment reflecting that.

My point was that despite all the current expressions of horror, I don’t think that anybody should really be surprised that match fixing and drug use are relatively common in Australian sport.

LSWCHP said :

I haven’t been interested in any professional sport for many years. Not all games are rigged, but some are. Not all players are doped, but some are. And there’s enough of both to make it all a big yawn, whether it’s AFL, NRL, cycling or whatever.

LSWCHP said :

I haven’t been interested in any professional sport for many years. Not all games are rigged, but some are. Not all players are doped, but some are. And there’s enough of both to make it all a big yawn, whether it’s AFL, NRL, cycling or whatever.

If “have not been interested in years” why have you responded?

LSWCHP said :

I haven’t been interested in any professional sport for many years. Not all games are rigged, but some are. Not all players are doped, but some are. And there’s enough of both to make it all a big yawn, whether it’s AFL, NRL, cycling or whatever.

LSWCHP said :

I haven’t been interested in any professional sport for many years. Not all games are rigged, but some are. Not all players are doped, but some are. And there’s enough of both to make it all a big yawn, whether it’s AFL, NRL, cycling or whatever.

If you “have not been interested in years” why have you responded?

Certainly Canberra’s Lauren Jackson with her seemingly interminable injury recovery process can be considered an unlikely suspect.

There was a time when ‘injury’ meant, oh dear, if they test me I’m busted.

Not saying that this is the case here though.

And the thought of Canberra Raiders players taking drugs is as laughable as a player rooting a dog, or pissing on someone in a pub, or fleeing from the police after speeding…..

Oh wait….

The dog denies having sexual relations with that man…

I haven’t been interested in any professional sport for many years. Not all games are rigged, but some are. Not all players are doped, but some are. And there’s enough of both to make it all a big yawn, whether it’s AFL, NRL, cycling or whatever.