Bonds Hits Number 756

TheGame · 08-09-2007, 10:17 AM

I agree with Mr. S here. Wrestlers are athletes, you don't have to be competing to score the most points, run the fastest, or jump the highest to be an athlete, sometimes you're just judged on how well you use you can preform.

Just because the "winners" and "losers" of wrestling matches are pre determined doesn't mean they're not athletes.

Typhoid · 08-09-2007, 10:54 AM

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Originally Posted by TheGame

Just because the "winners" and "losers" of wrestling matches are pre determined doesn't mean they're not athletes.

I wouldn't put them in the same catagory as someone who does a sport, or gymnastics however.

I'm not saying anyone can be a wrestler, and I'm not saying being a wrestler is easy, I just don't think they should be compared to football players, soccer players, baseball players, hockey players etc.

This is supposed to be about Bonds and such, though.

Professor S · 08-09-2007, 12:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Typhoid

I wouldn't put them in the same catagory as someone who does a sport, or gymnastics however.

I'm not saying anyone can be a wrestler, and I'm not saying being a wrestler is easy, I just don't think they should be compared to football players, soccer players, baseball players, hockey players etc.

Well I'm not necessarily comparing the sport aspect, but more the ethical aspect. There is no question that wrestling is not a sport, but because its not a sport makes the steroid use a bit more tolerable in my eyes, because there is no competition, only performance.

Sports enhancing drugs used in sporting events makes for an uneven playing field, and lessens the accomplishments of true athletic feats because you canb always say "its not them, its the drugs they're on". It makes the sport fake.

Wrestling has been admittedly staged for almost 80 years, and hasn't pretended to be a true sport. Therefore, its based on fakery and admits to it. Baseball does not and will not. Therein lies the hypocrisy, IMO.

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This is supposed to be about Bonds and such, though.

Yes, thank you. Enough about pro-wrestling. (I didn't even bring it up)