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Puppy Kicker Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Arlington, Virginia Age: 35
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| What IS a performance enhancer? The thread title is a bit misleading. My question is something I heard on The David Stein show (on at like 2AM on Sporting News Radio [for good reason, it's terrible]). Do you consider cortisone a performance enhancer? Cortisone is always used to alleviate pain and sometimes even allow players to get out there and play. I found it an interesting question, because you are pumping steroids into your joints to make it so a player can play. What do you think?
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Uncle Phil ![]() Join Date: Feb 2004
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| Re: What IS a performance enhancer? You could probably argue that a lot of things are performance enhancers. Caffeine keeps you awake so you could play a day game after an extra inning night game, for example. Well, maybe enhancer isn't the best word then. Anyhow, moving this to the parking lot.
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Quietly Dominating the East Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Naples, Florida
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| Re: What IS a performance enhancer? Viagra................
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Captain Kirk Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Newtown Square, PA Age: 38
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| Re: What IS a performance enhancer? To me, an "enhancer" allows you to play better. Cortisone just allows you to play when you're hurt. It doesn't give you an advantage, it just helps you get out there.
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Playmaker Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Annapolis, MD Age: 33
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| Re: What IS a performance enhancer? I see where you're going with that, but a guy's performance is expected to decline if he is injured. So, (just playing devil's advocate here) by your logic, if there were some sort of anti-aging drug, it would not be a performance enhancer because it wouldn't enhance your performance, it would only keep you playing at a certain level for the time that you take the drug. |
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Captain Kirk Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Newtown Square, PA Age: 38
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| Re: What IS a performance enhancer? Quote:
I've got no problems with players taking things that would be prescribed to the general public in the same medical situations. I don't see doctors ever prescribing regular people with a fountain-of-youth pill, but if they did, then you'd have to allow the athletes to do it as well.
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Playmaker Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Annapolis, MD Age: 33
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| Re: What IS a performance enhancer? Quote:
Also, some people would argue that HGH is regularly prescribed by doctors and it is an acceptable form of medical treatment. The problem with that is, if it is used without a prescription, it is then an illegal drug. EDIT: Added the last sentence | |
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Playmaker Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Annapolis, MD Age: 33
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| Re: What IS a performance enhancer? A lot of it is also permitted if you can produce a record stating that you have been diagnosed with an illness where the expected form of treatment would be that drug. |
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Franchise Player Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: 31 Spooner St. Age: 43
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| Re: What IS a performance enhancer? Well apparently weed is...just ask Ricky Williams. LOL. So what is a performance enhancer? Would taking steriods to play like you did when you were 26 at the age of 36 count? It wouldn't enhance, it would be what you used to be able to do? So I guess I would say, anything that allows the abnormal increase in "talent" that wouldn't normally be there had it not been for the drug.
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| Re: What IS a performance enhancer? cortisone enables one to play in situations where maybe they wouldn't be able to without it. in a way it enhances performance. without it would be no performance
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Captain Kirk Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Newtown Square, PA Age: 38
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| Re: What IS a performance enhancer? Quote:
Cortisone is not an enhancer, it's a legit medicine for people with sore knees.
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Captain Kirk Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Newtown Square, PA Age: 38
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| Re: What IS a performance enhancer? Quote:
Why can't a player have it?
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Franchise Player Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: 31 Spooner St. Age: 43
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| Re: What IS a performance enhancer? I disagree...that's a pain killer. So should Ibruprophen be illegal too? Tylenol?
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Captain Kirk Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Newtown Square, PA Age: 38
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| Re: What IS a performance enhancer? Quote:
You can tell why this is being discussed by this dipshit at 2:00 am in the morning. It's a retarded argument. Is he actually saying we should ban cortisone and other pain killers because they "enhance" performance? Or is he saying that because we're allowing cortisone, we should allow steroids and other performance enhancers? Whatever his point is, he's friggin retarded.
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Franchise Player Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: 31 Spooner St. Age: 43
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| Re: What IS a performance enhancer? Pain killers aren't enhancers, because they don't make you better than what you were without the pain. In fact, I have been in this situation, and even with the shot, you're still not 100%, you're more like 90-95% instead of being 75%. But like I said, it doesn't "enhance" your talents or skills. Here is the definition from the dictionary: en·hance /ɛnˈhæns, -ˈhɑns/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[en-hans, -hahns] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation –verb (used with object), -hanced, -hanc·ing. 1. to raise to a higher degree; intensify; magnify: The candelight enhanced her beauty. 2. to raise the value or price of: Rarity enhances the worth of old coins.
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