Comments on: Drugs in Sport http://www.danielyeow.com/2010/drugs-in-sport/ Daniel Yeow and the Quest for World Peace Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:07:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Daniel Yeow http://www.danielyeow.com/2010/drugs-in-sport/comment-page-1/#comment-2956 Daniel Yeow Fri, 23 Jul 2010 12:48:53 +0000 http://www.danielyeow.com/?p=1272#comment-2956 The trouble with sport is that it's very expensive. You could approach from the public health angle, but if you do, then elite sport shouldn't get any funding at all. I obviously quite like elite sport, but where should its funding come from? Advertising revenue from TV is probably your best bet. But less "visible" sports (like handball, which gets almost no coverage in Australia) would be hard to justify. In the end, I don't think it's welfare at all. The athletes are merely pawns in a huge international penis-measuring contest where governments try to outspend each other for gold medals and glory. Drugs are just an easy solution - an illegal "additive" in the sports machine. The trouble with sport is that it’s very expensive. You could approach from the public health angle, but if you do, then elite sport shouldn’t get any funding at all.

I obviously quite like elite sport, but where should its funding come from? Advertising revenue from TV is probably your best bet. But less “visible” sports (like handball, which gets almost no coverage in Australia) would be hard to justify.

In the end, I don’t think it’s welfare at all. The athletes are merely pawns in a huge international penis-measuring contest where governments try to outspend each other for gold medals and glory. Drugs are just an easy solution – an illegal “additive” in the sports machine.

]]> By: Stefan http://www.danielyeow.com/2010/drugs-in-sport/comment-page-1/#comment-2950 Stefan Fri, 23 Jul 2010 05:09:55 +0000 http://www.danielyeow.com/?p=1272#comment-2950 What gets me is government spending on sport. The people who participate in and are otherwise involved in the sports that aren't commercially viable are overwhelmingly upper middle to ruling class. Government spend on these sports is middle class welfare. What gets me is government spending on sport. The people who participate in and are otherwise involved in the sports that aren’t commercially viable are overwhelmingly upper middle to ruling class. Government spend on these sports is middle class welfare.

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