Cheating is cheating
I just read Mike Klis’ note (May 22) comparing the penalties for using performance enhancers in baseball versus Olympic sports. I must say, I have rarely read such uninformed comments from someone who writes for a major-market newspaper.
You say Olympic athletes only have to compete once every four years. You must either be completely ignorant (in which case I question your qualifications to hold your job) or deliberately disingenuous in order to impact the general sports fan’s opinion.
Use of PEDs is simply cheating; it does matter which sport we’re discussing. It’s cheating the paying public, because they are not watching natural performances on a level playing field, and it’s cheating nonenhanced competitors. I competed in two Olympic Games in track and field and am well-aware of the amount of cheating that takes place. I am proud to be involved in a sport that has at least tried very hard to eliminate the cheaters.
You are correct, a two-year ban effectively ends careers (the only athletes who come back effectively after a two-year ban in track and field are inevitably caught again and banned for life); so what? That’s the way it should be.
Mark Naylor, Redondo Beach, Calif.
John Elway days are over
As we get closer to the beginning of Broncos training camp, can you please not mention or compare Jake Plummer or any other Broncos quarterback to John Elway?
Those days are long gone; there is only one J. Elway and there never will be another J. Elway. It would be a nice change to focus on what the Broncos have on their current roster, unless one of the current QBs starts to sell automobiles!
David Sanders, Aurora
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