Enhanced games

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When discussing doping in sport I've heard people say why don't we have a competition for people who are prepared to use banned stimulants. Well it's happening, but not as a full blown competition. The safety of the competitors is first and foremost of course.
Forgive my cynisisim. So here you are

Home - Enhanced Games. A Better Version of the Olympic Games.

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[SpookyFrank]

I'd like to see an event where a bunch of roided-out body builders attempt to run 100 yards without a serious cardiac event.

 

[Storm Fox]

They have an interesting set of backers.

From Wikipedia.

Aron D'Souza, an Australian businessman based in London, is president of the privately funded organisation.[18][1][6] He says he had the idea for the Enhanced Games in 2022 when noticing that many people at an American gym were obviously using steroids.[14] He was, together with billionaire Peter Thiel, involved in the 2013 Bollea v. Gawker lawsuit, which led to Gawker filing for bankruptcy. In 2015, he co-founded Sargon Capital with Phillip Kingston

D'Souza sees the International Olympic Committee (IOC) as corrupt and greedy, and wants to eradicate the WADA, which he calls an "anti-science police force for the IOC." He also argues that the Olympic system doesn't pay athletes enough,[5][4] and that the Olympics include too many sports that don't really matter.[17]

Olympians attached to the organisation include Brett Fraser, Roland Schoeman, and Christina Smith.[21][9] Other people include geneticist George Church.[6][22]

In January 2024, Enhanced Games announced that it had secured a multi-million-dollar investment round from venture capitalists, including Thiel and Balaji Srinivasan.[23][24]

 

[SpookyFrank]

They have an interesting set of backers.

From Wikipedia.

This is exactly the kind of shit that's bound to happen if rich idiots are never, ever told 'no'.

 

[Steel Icarus]

Atlas Shotputted.

 

[DotCommunist]

I've joked on this in the past but no for the same reason I watch ufc then feel uncomfortable about the sport in general. Most of these fighters, drugs or no, end up physically fucked, career winnings spent rebuilding crumbling hips, knees, noses. And theres no union or org for this, its deliberately kept out. If grown fighters want to leather each other for entertainment, and it is entertaining, then there should at the very least be rigorous safety standards, a medical union, something. Same would apply for for the olympics on steroids. Sometimes 'they're up for it, let em get on with it' is not the answer.

 

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There have been many instances of cyclists dying young probably linked to doping. An earlyish example was Britain's Tommy Simpson who is alleged to have said put me back on the bike before dying while half way up a mountain.

 

[A380]

A no limits Olympics thought experiment

So drugs, doping and the like in sport. Given some things are allowed, some banned and the like, how could you have a competition to see what the limits of human performance are. You would need rules, otherwise every event would just turn into a MMA fight and you would need age limits for...

www.urban75.net

Urban ahead of it's time as ever...

 

[planetgeli]

They have an interesting set of backers.

From Wikipedia.

Peter Thiel is the man. It's his idea. He's a total cunt, very right-wing libertarian, friends in high places. Made $1 billion alone by selling shares on Facebook. And he gave you PayPal. Avoid.

Other than that, great bloke, fantastic idea.

 

[Storm Fox]

Peter Thiel is the man. It's his idea. He's a total cunt, very right-wing libertarian, friends in high places. Made $1 billion alone by selling shares on Facebook. And he gave you PayPal. Avoid.

Other than that, great bloke, fantastic idea.

And founded Palantir has allegedly influenced elections for the right.