Drugs / Doping in Football

[Philby]

Great interview with Danny Mills.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/fo...-would-do-almost-anything-to-get-an-edge.html

 

[KD Langer]

Great read Philby.

Thanks for posting.

 

[boshea]

Where are all the people who jump feet first into the cycling/athletics threads saying they're all juiced up to the eyeballs etc etc.

There's an awful lot of doping going on in soccer/rugby/gaa as well but unfortunately the authorities and moreso the media aren't a bit interested in exposing cheats. I wonder why?

 

[Eoin]

I'd say there's going to be a bucket load of stories like this coming out in the next few years, I'd say its rife in all pro sports tbh.

 

[boshea]

I'd say there's going to be a bucket load of stories like this coming out in the next few years, I'd say its rife in all pro sports tbh.

No doubt about it. Where there's money at stake, there's athletes willing to cheat in order to make it, and there's a hell of a lot more money in soccer/rugby than there is in cycling I'd imagine.

 

[Eoin]

there's a hell of a lot more money in soccer/rugby than there is in cycling I'd imagine.

Rugby probably not. Its played by relatively few countries and only the very top players would be earning big bucks.

thats not to say there isn't doping in it btw, I'm sure there is.

 

[boshea]

Rugby probably not. Its played by relatively few countries and only the very top players would be earning big bucks.

thats not to say there isn't doping in it btw, I'm sure there is.

Maybe you're right wrt rugby....but in cycling, only the very top guys are making anywhere near serious money, the average guys, domestiques etc aren't making anywhere near enough to effectively retire after they finish racing.

As for doping in rugby, it's a no brainer.......even here, look at the underage/schools players.....I'd LOVE to know if there's any testing on them and even at club level.......serious amount of it going on I'd imagine.

 

[delzer]

Maybe you're right wrt rugby....but in cycling, only the very top guys are making anywhere near serious money, the average guys, domestiques etc aren't making anywhere near enough to effectively retire after they finish racing.

As for doping in rugby, it's a no brainer.......even here, look at the underage/schools players.....I'd LOVE to know if there's any testing on them and even at club level.......serious amount of it going on I'd imagine.

Here is a rough guide to how much cyclists make.

http://www.cyclingtips.com.au/2010/11/how-much-do-pro-cyclists-make/

 

[boshea]

Here is a rough guide to how much cyclists make.

http://www.cyclingtips.com.au/2010/11/how-much-do-pro-cyclists-make/

Thanks for that......as I expected....a very average premiership player will make more in a month than many of the higher end riders do in a year.

It's actually very little money when you look at the demands of the sport.....but end of the day it's a minority sport really and if the money just isn't there from sponsorship/tv deals etc, then it just isn't there!

 

[Ballsaq]

Thanks for that......as I expected....a very average premiership player will make more in a month than many of the higher end riders do in a year.

It's actually very little money when you look at the demands of the sport.....but end of the day it's a minority sport really and if the money just isn't there from sponsorship/tv deals etc, then it just isn't there!

Yet the sport is riddled with drugs.

I have to say that your argument about more money=doping isn't making much sense.

If you can make a small fortune as a journeyman footballer who never stands out from the crowd then where is this supposed financial motivation to dope?