Drugs in sport update

[David]

I'm sure we've had a million threads on the Essendon doping scandal, but I wasn't sure which one to bump:

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2017/ ... d-daughter

Lovett-Murray reportedly claims his three-year-old daughter, who was conceived about a year after the 2012 supplements program ended, has a mysterious growth on her chest and behavioural issues. The 34-year-old is suing his former club over health fears for his daughter, News Corp Australia has reported.

It could of course be unrelated. Either way, this remains the most appalling thing about the doping controversy to me: not the fact that a football club might have had an unfair advantage in a professional sporting competition, but that young men in a highly authoritarian environment were treated as medical guinea pigs by their trusted superiors. If a causal link is found between Lovett-Murray's daughter's issues and what he was injected with, I hope the Essendon Football Club get brutalised by the courts. They should never stop paying for what they've done.

[think positive]

I agree, and the first step is to get them to identify exactly what they were injected with so that appropriate treatment can be given as necessary

[stui magpie]

Agreed. IF a causal link can be found.

[Pies4shaw]

Most of us have mysterious growths on our chests and behavioural issues, don't we?