[Vision2020] Sport Ethics Question II

Donovan Arnold donovanarnold at hotmail.com
Fri Apr 15 12:23:51 PDT 2005


Is it ethical to cut 68 positions because we have no money then roll out new 
turf?

Take Care,

Donovan J Arnold



>From: "Tom Hansen" <thansen at moscow.com>
>To: "'Timothy Rigsby'" <timo5277 at uidaho.edu>
>CC: vision2020 at moscow.com
>Subject: RE: RE: [Vision2020] Sport Ethics Question
>Date: Fri, 15 Apr 2005 11:46:00 -0700
>
>Tim -
>
>You HAVE GOT to be kidding"
>
>Simple.  The chances of dying as a result of continued use of anabolic
>steroids is far, far greater than occasional reconstructive surgery.
>
>How many names can you provide us of professional athletes that have died 
>as
>a result of reconstructive surgery?
>
>Tom Hansen
>
>We could learn a lot from crayons: some are sharp, some are pretty, some 
>are
>dull, some have weird names, and all are different colors....but they all
>exist very nicely in the same box.
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Timothy Rigsby [mailto:timo5277 at uidaho.edu]
>Sent: Friday, April 15, 2005 10:39 AM
>To: Tom Hansen
>Cc: vision2020 at moscow.com
>Subject: Re: RE: [Vision2020] Sport Ethics Question
>
>Tom:
>
>What about the risks associated with any surgery?  Usually most surgeons
>would require
>their patients to sign off that they know and understand the risks
>associated with any
>surgery, even death.  So surgery could also result in death much like
>steroids.
>
>Tim
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Tom Hansen <thansen at moscow.com>
>Date: Friday, April 15, 2005 11:30 am
>Subject: RE: [Vision2020] Sport Ethics Question
>
> > Tim Rigsby stated:
> >
> > "What is the difference between someone who uses steroids for sport
> > enhancement and the athlete that gets reconstructive surgery on their
> > shoulder/hip/knee etc that has the potential to improve their
> > performanceand level of play?"
> >
> > Well, Tim . . .
> >
> > One (use of anabolic steroids) is illegal and causes things to happen
> > prematurely.  Things like . . . uh . . . er . . . death.  For
> > example:  Lyle
> > Alzado to name one of many.
> >
> > The other (reconstructive surgery), although expensive (but then,
> > what is
> > "expensive" to a major league baseball player?), tend to increase the
> > chances of the patient's prolonged and profitable future.
> >
> > Thanks for bringing it up, Tim
> >
> > Tom and Rodna Hansen
> > Whose only drugs in their future consist of Viagra and the Passion
> > Patch
> >
> > We could learn a lot from crayons: some are sharp, some are
> > pretty, some are
> > dull, some have weird names, and all are different colors....but
> > they all
> > exist very nicely in the same box.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: vision2020-bounces at moscow.com [vision2020-bounces at moscow.com]
> > On Behalf Of Timothy Rigsby
> > Sent: Friday, April 15, 2005 8:29 AM
> > To: vision2020 at moscow.com
> > Subject: [Vision2020] Sport Ethics Question
> >
> > UI President Dr. Tim White posed a very interesting question to me
> > lastnight
> > concerning Baseball and Steroid use.  Since the people who post
> > and view
> > this list-
> > serve are diverse and even highly intelligent I figured I would
> > pass the
> > question on
> > to start a whole new round of debate.  So here it goes:
> >
> > What is the difference between someone who uses steroids for sport
> > enhancement and
> > the athlete that gets reconstructive surgery on their
> > shoulder/hip/knee etc
> > that
> > has the potential to improve their performance and level of play?
> >
> > Go Mariners!!!
> >
> > Tim
> >
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