[extropy-chat] End of sports as we know them?

[Emlyn ORegan]

I hope not. It's not so bad, either; individual and team sports come to
resemble car racing, with its teams of techs and big money sponsors.

Emlyn

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Robert J. Bradbury [mailto:bradbury at aeiveos.com]
> Sent: Thursday, 24 June 2004 8:25 PM
> To: Extropy Chat
> Subject: [extropy-chat] End of sports as we know them?
> 
> 
> Interesting, it would appear that there has been some interesting
> progress on the genetics of muscle development.
> 
> See:
> A Very Muscular Baby Offers Hope Against Diseases
>
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/24/science/24muscle.html?pagewanted=print
> 
> In short apparently if you inactivate one or both of your copies
> of the myostatin gene you end up with increased (stronger) muscles.
> 
> As some of you may be aware there is a currently a big hoopla about
> athletes who may have taken some designer drugs to enhance their
> performance.  But what about athletes who have a genetic mutation
> which gives them a demonstrative natural advantage?  Will it be
> interesting to watch a football game knowing that the team members
> playing all lack myostatin gene activity?  And then of course
> there is the "drug" testing question.  I can imagine treatments
> that one could use to suppress myostatin activity that would be
> *very* difficult to test for.  Can there be a concept of a
> level playing field in sports in the future?
> 
> Robert
> 
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