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The Enhanced Games or Steroid Olympics from Peter Thiel
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DickTrickle
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It's definitely an interesting concept but not sure how well it will go down with the general public. I also feel like something like this will never get off the ground unless they do LIV style mega signings of athletes. What Olympic level athletes are going to risk the status and glory of world championships and the Olympics unless they're getting majorly paid out the gate.
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I think it will be a big hit because people just want to see freaks compete.
Double interesting when they see juicers getting very similar times in sprinting, swimming, etc. to the Olympics and start asking questions
Legit athletes will never participate in this, because either you juice to ensure you have the edge or you are at a permanent disadvantage. No one will risk taking that hit to their legacy.
They should add cycling.
Thiel is gay libertarian transhumanist who is obsessed with immortality who wouldn't do something like this for money because there's barely any in this. So why is he doing this?
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James Magnussen to make swimming 'world record' attempt taking banned drugs
Former world champion James Magnussen agrees to take banned drugs in an attempt to swim faster than a world record.
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DickTrickle
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"I'll juice to the gills and I'll break it in six months," said Magnussen"
I like this guy already.
I like this guy already.
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This isn't all *that* interesting. I guess maybe to see people argue with each other in the most disingenuous of fashions. Talking about role models and level playing fields and the like.
Steroids have been rampant in professional sports and the Olympics en masse for a long time. PEDs are the worst kept secret in sporting history. And we've all seen it, in every sport, time and time again. I'm sure these athletes will seem revelatory and shocking to some though.
The level playing field argument is a favorite of mine. As if nature creates a level playing field. As if all males are born the same size, speed, and with the same levels of naturally occurring testosterone.
Steroids have been rampant in professional sports and the Olympics en masse for a long time. PEDs are the worst kept secret in sporting history. And we've all seen it, in every sport, time and time again. I'm sure these athletes will seem revelatory and shocking to some though.
The level playing field argument is a favorite of mine. As if nature creates a level playing field. As if all males are born the same size, speed, and with the same levels of naturally occurring testosterone.
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I like most track and field events as long as it's not long distance running, so I'm in for this.
On an unrelated note and because we don't have a dedicated track and field thread. I just watched a college track and field event. They had a women's steeplechase with no obstacles. Steeplechase is supposed to have walls to jump with puddles on the other side. It's what makes steeplechase the only long distance running event worth watching. I checked google and I cannot find an answer as to why this event had no obstacles and still used the name.
It was on ESPNU just now. I think it was at the new balance arena in boston. But when I checked the results from the last event held there, I didn't see steeplechase listed. Anyone know what's up with this bullshit?
On an unrelated note and because we don't have a dedicated track and field thread. I just watched a college track and field event. They had a women's steeplechase with no obstacles. Steeplechase is supposed to have walls to jump with puddles on the other side. It's what makes steeplechase the only long distance running event worth watching. I checked google and I cannot find an answer as to why this event had no obstacles and still used the name.
It was on ESPNU just now. I think it was at the new balance arena in boston. But when I checked the results from the last event held there, I didn't see steeplechase listed. Anyone know what's up with this bullshit?
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The mind behind the 'doped Olympics'
The Enhanced Games has been derided as "a clown show" and "borderline criminal". But their founder and his backers believe in a future few have foreseen.
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As their conversation progressed, D'Souza asked Thiel what his greatest current challenge was.
Thiel didn't talk about business, but a more personal concern. Gawker, a website that specialised in celebrity gossip, had written an article outing him, without his consent, as gay.
Thiel explained that he had considered suing, but didn't want to draw more attention to the site and its story.
Another option was to buy Gawker, get rid of the people responsible and change its ethos. However, to do so would reward its owners with a fat pay-off.
D'Souza listened and politely suggest a third option. Could Thiel instead secretly fund someone else's legal case against Gawker?
"I said 'Why don't you have a proxy war?'," says D'Souza. "He had never thought of that. I said I had to do some research, figure out the legality and mechanics and next time he was over we could have a coffee and talk about it."
A few weeks later, in a high-end restaurant in Berlin, D'Souza, still very much a student, laid out his plan. To find a case, build a legal team, and sue Gawker into bankruptcy would take five years and 10 million dollars. Thiel had only one question.
"Peter said, 'That'll be great. Where do I wire the money?' That was it," remembers D'Souza.
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