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FIFA: are painkillers "performance enhancers"?
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I've been playing my whole life. Maybe I just don't know the regulations surrounding injections of painkillers but it's something I feel is very wrong in such high caliber games as the world cup. One of the reasons I play futbol is because I feel it is a graceful war. Not just between teams but in the individual sense as well. Fighting through the pain of twisted ankles, bruised up shins, battered minds, and pushing your body to the physical limit; to the point of vomiting - sometimes. Good players will recognize weaknesses and act on them. When your opponent is hurt it gives you the upper hand and its what makes the game so enticing in some matches. Now when that player gets an injection - how is that not performance enhancing? Depending on the "injury" sure there's circumstances but it is still in fact a drug being used in competition. Do other sports do this as well?
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dude im baked and idk what your question was but that was a beautiful speech about soccer props
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i would not consider ibuprofen a preformance enhancing drug
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i am also heavily marijuana'd
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its the fucking super pot
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man, fuck NS. thats why i left the first time.
shit is pointless.
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it makes me want to play soccer again. i haven't played since i was like 7 but watching the world cup and this speech makes me want to play again, you know?
i'm kind of high too.
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well injections are done in baseball. i had a cortizone shot in my shoulder because i had tendonitis, so i don't know if you consider that painkiller. I don't see a problem with it
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What the hell?
Of all things to bitch about fifa you pick this...
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when i read this i pretended OP was saying his stuff like martin luther king might have said his "i had a dream" speach
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I feel like this isn't a problem the way steroids are because the same injections are available to all of the players on all of the teams- none of them get an unfair advantage. I don't mind player X getting an injection because I know that if something were to happen to me I would get the same treatment.
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