Swedish Athletes Back GPS Implants to Combat Drug Use 299
paulraps writes "Swedish athletes Carolina Klüft and Stefan Holm have proposed a radical technological measure to stop top level competitors from taking performance-enhancing drugs. Klüft and Holm, reigning Olympic champions in the heptathlon and high-jump events, argue that competitors at the highest level should either have computer chips implanted into their skin or GPS transmitters attached to their training bags so that the authorities can keep tabs on them at all times."
WTF? (Score:1, Interesting)
Why stop 'em? (Score:5, Interesting)
Things will change. (Score:5, Interesting)
This whole bias against tech augmentation is getting me down. The sooner we embrace it, and the more we embrace it, the longer we'll live, and with higher quality of life.
Hell, we ought to be giving awards to people who volunteer to test exotic human enhancement technologies right now.
Re:Why stop 'em? (Score:5, Interesting)
Re:Things will change. (Score:5, Interesting)
This brings up a number of new problems:
1) Do we mix the cyborgs, mutants, and chemically-enhanced athletes together or have separate leagues?
2) Will there be a "research capital cap"?
3) If a player's arm lands in the stands, does someone get to keep it?
Re:Sport is dead (Score:3, Interesting)
Then you've got sports that measure style (diving, ice skating) and are just crying out to be biased. I won't even mention the scandals and corruption.
I love that athletes put such devotion into their sport, but the whole olympics thing is just off-putting.
Libertarians Beware (Score:4, Interesting)
Re:Why do we still care? (Score:3, Interesting)
And let's just guess which group gains more notoriety and fame...
Re:WTF? (Score:4, Interesting)
He replied, "you can't stop it, and will not be able to. You are constantly going to play cat and mouse, and the only ones that are going to be hurt are the honest brokers. So level the playing field and let them all take it." This was when one of the first scandals broke out.
I keep thinking about that comment (he went on to become an actuarial) and keep thinking that they now regulate athletes to the point where any slight deviation (even natural) is considered taking drugs.
Think about what is going to happen once DNA modifications come into play. What then?
I am not happy about this situation and would rather see a clean game, but it sort of seems futile. Look at Tour D'France? They have tried, tried, and tried yet again. What happens? Oh another scandal.