MST's weekly Weigh In #2 - Win a free bottle of "Carnage"

[CTDeuce]

[CTDeuce]

Welcome to the new weekly contest from the folks here at MST! The rules are simple...we will pose a question each week and we will be taking the answer that we like the most at the end of the week as the winner of the contest. You can post as many times as you like and this contest will end each week on Saturday morning and start each week on Sunday night. You are not required to log the item that you win, but we will not be upset if you choose to log. The call is completely yours!

This week's prize = 1 FREE bottle of Carnage!!!

Week #2!!!

Category - Sports

Question - “What will happen to the NFL and the state of game play if (and when) the use of performance enhancing drugs is strictly prohibited and enforced like MLB? Will you still watch the game that (we as fans) demanded to be bigger, stronger and faster when it suddenly gets smaller, weaker and slower??”







thanks everyone and remember....there's no right or wrong answer here....so let's have some fun!!!

[Kevin R]

“What will happen to the NFL and the state of game play if (and when) the use of performance enhancing drugs is strictly prohibited and enforced like MLB? Will you still watch the game that (we as fans) demanded to be bigger, stronger and faster when it suddenly gets smaller, weaker and slower??”

I feel the same way about this as I do about the use of performance enhancing drugs in the MLB currently, who cares? Sports, especially professional football, is a sport designed for the fans to watch and enjoy. Seeing athletes at their max potential only makes the game funner and more exciting to watch. I don't want to see a bunch of smaller, slower players because then it is just more boring. More highlight reel amazing plays = better football.

[Resolve]

Professional Sports are, at their most basic level, for entertainment purposes. These athletes compete for the purpose of keeping others occupied. If pumping them full of steroids makes for a more entertaining game, it only makes sense financially for the regulating authorities to advocate their use. Yes, there is currently stigma regarding the use of performance enhancers, but truth be told, everything an athlete introduces to his body either enhances or detracts from his performance in some way.

If the NFL becomes intensely investigated for PE use, it's only going to detriment the league by introducing an unnecessary and inhibitory bureaucracy that limits the entertainment value of each individual player, which in turn will impact those players followers, which could lead to lost potential profit.

[AvD]

Question[/B] - “What will happen to the NFL and the state of game play if (and when) the use of performance enhancing drugs is strictly prohibited and enforced like MLB? Will you still watch the game that (we as fans) demanded to be bigger, stronger and faster when it suddenly gets smaller, weaker and slower??”

As a fan of the NFL for my whole life i believe when the use of performance enhancing drugs are band nothing will really change in terms of game play. Maybe a little but nothing dramatic that you'd say i miss the days of steroids. I will still continue to root and support my favorite teams which i think most everyone else will do too.

The only problem i have with this situation is how it will effect the sport. Soon enough you'll see one of your favorite players whole career getting bashed for the use of steroids. Then what, Instead of talking about the games all your here about is so and so who took this and what his name took that. Then they go to congress?? Its sucks because it pretty much an unfixable problem.

Banned it and players will find every possible way to get around the drug testing. Also the media problem. Dont banned it (Never going to happen)

[AZMIDLYF]

I will watch it regardless. I think it will bring out the true athletes that have the desire,discipline, and heart to make it to that level without enhancement.

[CTDeuce]

great answers so far fellas! keep it up...this is awesome!

[johnyq]

Nothing will change, I don't watch it now and won't watch it then.

[suncloud]

its like the barry bonds argument. i paid 80 bucks for this seat, i better see a frikken home run... i think the NFL will still be watched, will still be great, but won't have the excitement it does now.

[BoSox36]

People play "pro" sports for a reason, its not because they take performance enhancing drugs (well some do). Its because they are better than most people at the sport than most people that play it. Thats why they play professional sports. They play for a reason, because they are very good at what they do, better than most people. Yes, PED's help, but I will still watch football even if guys are smaller because its played at a faster lever. Guys are quicker, stonger, faster than college players.

[CTDeuce]

Guys are quicker, stonger, faster than college players.

ahem...Brady Quinn much?

[MentalTwitch]

I dont see much change. I mean some of the guys may suffer greatly here and there(shawn marion) that have used it as a crutch a large chunk of their career. But i doubt alot of WRs use stuff and QBs. I think the biggest slump you'll see is lineman, runningbacks & line backers. Positions that gotta go hard or get hit alot. I will still watch. I watch now and usually it doesnt cross my mind.
I never was much a MLB fan. I think there the use is a little more obvious. Baseball players(no offense) should not be as big as some are. They lose the agility and i think both Nat. and Am. should be using the "everyone hits" rule ALWAYS.
I say let it ride. I highly doubt they'll lose enough energy and quality to lose fans. That ALL most of thoseguys do is eat, sleep, travel, practice and go out(like idiots with guns) That to me is far more detremental to the sport.

[fightbackhxc]

Welcome to the new weekly contest from the folks here at MST! The rules are simple...we will pose a question each week and we will be taking the answer that we like the most at the end of the week as the winner of the contest. You can post as many times as you like and this contest will end each week on Saturday morning and start each week on Sunday night. You are not required to log the item that you win, but we will not be upset if you choose to log. The call is completely yours!

This week's prize = 1 FREE bottle of Carnage!!!

Week #2!!!

Category - Sports

Question - “What will happen to the NFL and the state of game play if (and when) the use of performance enhancing drugs is strictly prohibited and enforced like MLB? Will you still watch the game that (we as fans) demanded to be bigger, stronger and faster when it suddenly gets smaller, weaker and slower??”







thanks everyone and remember....there's no right or wrong answer here....so let's have some fun!!!

I think American will continue to watch those sports. Everyone will be on the same playing field if it is restricted and enforced that heavily. It will also make the players aware that they have to rely more on skill and talent then the performace they can receive from any drug. Take for instance Walter Payton. Amazing player, and definitely not the biggest guy in football, yet he was a machine! The NFL needs more players like him. His dedication to being in shape was impeccable.

[BoSox36]

Besides Brady quinn....Usually you can tell the difference between college and pro sports in any sport

[edwardyi]

i feel like the game will be less intense. the stronger, faster, more elite the athletes are, the crazier the excitement of the game will be. If everyone was on performance enhancing drugs, the game will be ridiculous.

[Kevin R]

Also, I just have to add one more answer. This whole stigma of performance enhancing drugs is ridiculous. They are designed so you can take your body or your sport to a level that is not conceivable with the human body genetics alone. They are professional athletes -- to "enhance performance" is their job title -- it just doesn't make sense to ban it. Does it level the playing field for those who choose not to use it? Maybe. I know I will never genetically be a Terrell Owens so where does that leave me?

[AZMIDLYF]

Also, I just have to add one more answer. This whole stigma of performance enhancing drugs is ridiculous. They are designed so you can take your body or your sport to a level that is not conceivable with the human body genetics alone. They are professional athletes -- to "enhance performance" is their job title -- it just doesn't make sense to ban it. Does it level the playing field for those who choose not to use it? Maybe. I know I will never genetically be a Terrell Owens so where does that leave me?

So that is what you sell to the highschool kid who has dreams of being a PRO athlete....Here kid, you want to be an athlete? Use what Barry does!! It would polute the whole system.

[Kevin R]

So that is what you sell to the highschool kid who has dreams of being a PRO athlete....Here kid, you want to be an athlete? Use what Barry does!! It would polute the whole system.

No.

Do we condone ANYONE on this site under the age of 21 to use performance enhancing drugs? No. Most people who are knowledgeable and research them know when they should be used. A professional athlete who takes his body to a new level in order to perform his job as an entertainer -- yes that is what I believe professional sports to be, hence why the WNBA sucks, no entertainment -- can use them. Should the NBA, NFL, MLB, etc. endorse them and start running ads on television? No. Should they ban them and cause so much controversy in the media and political forums? Not really. They have probably made these drugs more popular with their media hype than before when people other than athletes even knew about them.

But lets not clutter this thread with a debate. I apologize.

[AZMIDLYF]

It will plant the idea in the kids heads that this is the only way to get where these guys are. What idea is in your head about how to become a Pro bodybuilder?? Well, soon it will be the same if you want to be like Adrian Peterson.

[PrepNwa23]

Week #2!!!

Category - Sports

Question - “What will happen to the NFL and the state of game play if (and when) the use of performance enhancing drugs is strictly prohibited and enforced like MLB? Will you still watch the game that (we as fans) demanded to be bigger, stronger and faster when it suddenly gets smaller, weaker and slower??”

The NFL will be fine cause there is only 32 pro teams and how many Division 1 schools are there? Over hundred so you are getting a large amount of athletes every year coming into the sport vying for a spot on an NFL roster. So your gonna find true athletes that are deserving of being in the pro's. You just won't have your over hyped guys who have used too many PED's to make it which is fine just makes the GM's job a little easier to find the real deal. Plus now with more emergence of Division 2 schools atheltes coming out there's always thousands of guys trying to make an NFL roster. These guys are still going to be bigger, stronger, faster thats just the nature of the beast. And as Americans i think we just accept that these guys do something cause its such a gladator sport.