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Joan Ganz Cooney | 08/02/2009 10:40 am

Joan Ganz Cooney on 'Meaningless' Records


Joan Ganz Cooney
I wish all enhancements were prohibited. The records in sports are becoming more and more meaningless and I think that’s a shame.


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Barbara B
Joan this is a subject that always irritated me.  As far as I am concerned Bebe Ruth, Hank Aaron, Micky Mantle, Roger Maris and so on records were not broke.  Between enhancement drugs and time frames it’s all bogus.  If you play 60 more games then the record holder then of course you are going to break a record. A record can only be broken if the circumstances are exact.
By Barbara B on 08/02/2009 11:17 am
Dorothy Stahlnecker

There is some truth to the concerns except remember food and vitamins and how we process our food has also made us live longer and grow to different heights etc.  Therefore perhaps more credit should also be given to the athlete that he is part of a different equation regarding  sports competitions today much like how we race cars when engines and products were different for them as well.  Different times very different results and take all into consideration especially for this kid who because of one mistake or period in his life cannot seem to move on.  Boy am I glad I’ve been given more then one time to prove myself and be accepted and forgiven how about you?

Dorothy from grammology

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By Dorothy Stahlnecker on 08/02/2009 12:49 pm
Chris Broersma
I remember being excited because I knew the Americans did their best even though we all knew the Russians and East Germans were using enhancing drugs to get where they were in the medaling during the Olympics.  That’s a sad commentary on where we are in America today.
By Chris Broersma on 08/02/2009 2:00 pm