The Future of Sports

[dlavery]

Originally Posted by Wayne C.

Hmmm- robots and body building--- naw, never work....

WC

Oh, really? Do a google search on RoboGames and check out the robot weight lifting competition...

-dave

[JaneYoung]

Originally Posted by dlavery

Oh, really? Do a google search on RoboGames and check out the robot weight lifting competition...

-dave

Wayne may be referring to the fundraiser that he and the team did a little while back:

http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...ad.php?t=57595


I didn't know about the robot weight lifting competition - that's cool.

Originally Posted by JaneYoung

Wayne may be referring to the fundraiser that he and the team did a little while back:

http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...ad.php?t=57595


I didn't know about the robot weight lifting competition - that's cool.

The tetsujin competition is pretty sweet. I remember watching one of the older ones, with these big clunky exo's trying to ackwardly lift the weights. Half failed immensly, and the other half worked but weren't human shaped.

As for the future of sports, I think that my sport has the best policy. Being a Martial Artist, and training in MMA carries a lot of responsibility. At the proffessional level (the UFC and WEC, for example), the policy is that a single failed test results in immediate expulsion, and the ruining of the fighters career. It's my opinion (which is possibly flawed) that taking a hard stance on performance enhancing drugs is the only way to keep the competition human.

On the flip side, it would be cool to also have a side competition where doping is allowed...

[raymaniac]

Originally Posted by 114ManualLabor

As for the future of sports, I think that my sport has the best policy. Being a Martial Artist, and training in MMA carries a lot of responsibility. At the proffessional level (the UFC and WEC, for example), the policy is that a single failed test results in immediate expulsion, and the ruining of the fighters career. It's my opinion (which is possibly flawed) that taking a hard stance on performance enhancing drugs is the only way to keep the competition human.

But if that happened a bunch of fans would get really angry if their favorite player is expelled, and that could lead to problems.

[AdamHeard]

Originally Posted by 114ManualLabor

The tetsujin competition is pretty sweet. I remember watching one of the older ones, with these big clunky exo's trying to ackwardly lift the weights. Half failed immensly, and the other half worked but weren't human shaped.

As for the future of sports, I think that my sport has the best policy. Being a Martial Artist, and training in MMA carries a lot of responsibility. At the proffessional level (the UFC and WEC, for example), the policy is that a single failed test results in immediate expulsion, and the ruining of the fighters career. It's my opinion (which is possibly flawed) that taking a hard stance on performance enhancing drugs is the only way to keep the competition human.

On the flip side, it would be cool to also have a side competition where doping is allowed...

Nah... all to often fighters get away with it. Even the harsher punishments are just a year suspension (Sean Sherk and Hermes Franca of the recent UFC lightweight titlefight both tested positive, and were suspended for a year... pending appeal of course).


Dave, that policy will unfairly target teams with way too many motors in the drive train!