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I think what bothers me about this is that sports have set expectations so high that players will get injured and basically must find ways

Posted by TWuG Aug 23 '13, 08:26

to get healthy quickly.

And the audience expects the level of performance that basically ruins an athlete's body.

I don't know if there's a way to reset expectations so that athletes don't need to destroy themselves to be successful.

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no doubt this is how guys can come back from tommy john and torn ACL's in record time now. - groiny Aug 23, 08:58
Start paying them peanuts. - Will Hunting Aug 23, 08:27 9
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  - If you want to make people stop cheating, eliminate the incentive to do so. - Will Hunting Aug 23, 08:40 6
    - but some people will do anything for $5k and Olympians have cheated when there was no monetary reward -- nm - zork Aug 23, 08:44 5
      - It's been a long time since winning an Olympic medal had no monetary reward in first world countries. - Name Withheld By Request Aug 23, 08:47 4
        
        I didn't say otherwise -- nm - zork Aug 23, 08:51 3
        
        So you agree with Will that there is financial incentive to winning an Olympic medal? (You used the word "but".) -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Aug 23, 08:53 2
        
        What I'm saying is that removing financial incentive will not stop some people from cheating -- nm - zork Aug 23, 08:54 1
        
        There is precisely 1 way to get all people to stop cheating at events where there is any spoils to the winner. - Will Hunting Aug 23, 09:04
  - and stop buying the advertisers' products -- nm - zork Aug 23, 08:36

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