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Sports drugs: Who's fed up?
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Rare
■ '.'.■..■•.■•■■:-■ ; '.::....
J.G. Wirt l
Ninety-eight yard touchdown runs and
triple-play ballgames can make an arm¬
chair athlete's weekend. When the high
performance sport* plays are really out¬
rageous, it makes great conversation with
the guys at the factory or the office.
But what happens when the armchair
athlete discovers the sport isn't a pie-in-
the-sky fantasy of triumph, thrill, victory,
anl agony, but has become a tension-
riddled scam where the players have been
indulging in a little tootsarooskie?
How will the armchair athlete feel when
the guys on his favorite team are operating
with other energy than pure adrenalin?
Knowing - and having to contend with
athletes using drugs has become almosuas
unbearable as simply being informed they
have been abusing drugs.
How does the armchair athlete know if
the "great play" is natural or drug-induced?
Before the big drug flap, nobody was
any wiser. If a player was using drugs, the
fans never found out about it: ff the
football team was rapidly ascending the
Big Scoreboard because of outstanding
performance, fans could rest assured the
team was merely operating very well. The
ihought of players on illicit chemical
enhancement failed to enter the living
room of the armchair athlete. -
CLUB
Continued from page 6
appease Scheider and to insure a green
light for the project.
Scheider told a reporter from the Los
Angeles Times Michaels'original screen¬
play would have worked as an interesting
stage play, but not as a film. He short-
sided Michaels' work.
Good, even great, films can be made
which emphasize dialogue and discussion.
Take "The Big Chill." "The Return of the
Seacaucus. Seven," "My Dinner with
Andre" and "The Breikfast Club" for
example.
Thc film wouldn't have been chatty
with the original dialogue.
There's more than enough action in
Michaels' works to keep the audience
both interested and awake. The film and
THE WILD BI UE
1145 Fulton
In The Tower
Oct. 3,4 Now or Never with members of Aqua Bob,
(Fri.-Sat.) The Outpatients and Wild Blue Yonder
Oct. 7 xhe Fresno Folk Society presents: poet Tom Gunn i
(Tues.) music with Peg Hartley and the Wenches
(Wed8) The Sud Suckers 8pm (DOORS OPEN}
FRESNO LIVE - 8:00 P.M.
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 5
THOUVENEL STRING QUARTET in a concert
recorded in Fresno on Sept. 18, 1986. The quartet performs
works by Haydn, Shostakovich, and Brahms.
CELLIST EUGENE FRIENSEN in an interview and
broadcast of this former Fresnan's new album "New Friends".
PIANIST OXAN A YABLONSKAYA in a Fresno performance
in 1980 under tfie auspices of Keyboard Concerts. She s
plays "Pictures at an Exhibition" by Mussorgsky.
Host is Alex Vavoulis.
Program guide available to
Special studfeht rate: $20
233-2221
subscribers.
per year.
But somewhere it has gotten out of
hand. Maybe some once-discreet players
dropped their guard. Or some players,
finding it difficult to cope with too much
unbearable, stress-ridden success, failed
to learn "subtle abuse."
Like was finally surmised with l.en
Bias, some players aren't habitual users.
Bias might never have used cocaine before
instant, major stardom stunned him into
careless celebration.,
It's bewildering, first, to even contend-,
with sports stars doing drugs, and second,
that we have to find out about it. •
If players have to use drugs, why can't
they just stick to the "what they don't
know won't hurt them" plan?
It's no longer a secret Once drug abuse
was "discovered." the big drug mess made
the games a drag. And then the pheno¬
menon had to go and invade thc civilian
side of life.
novel feature men yelling, getting drunk,
fighting and destroying a house during a
knife-throwing competition.
The brothel sequence may also leave
some members of the audience with the
conclusion that Michaels'and Scheider's
intentions were salacious and that this is a
sordid "boys' night out" picture for a
talented cast. But that's a wrong con¬
clusion to draw.
Obviously, Michaels, the cast, and direc¬
tor Peter Medak made an honest attempt
to expose the anxieties and absurdities
facing males in today's society. It's just
that the film is a candle of understanding
instead of a beacon.
If Scheider had the courage to follow
the original screenplay, "The Men's Club"
would have been a more affecting, interest¬
ing and pre ;ative movie. As it stands,
it's just din ^nt.
BLOOM COUNTY
The president peed in a jar just to show
us that it's all right to take a drug test. A
lot of good that will do. Like sdcial-
commeniary comedian David Steinberg
said: "If the test shows George Bush is
doing coke, what are they gonna do about
it?*'
In sports, drugs used to be an out-of-
sight. out-of-mind issue. You don't have
to be a drug'advocate or a dealer to see
that before the problem was brought out
into the open, it wasn't in the open. And
wasn't a problem. •
But now. when there is a blistering 98-
yard touchdown run for the record books,
tongues will be set a-clackin' and fingers
a-pointin'. because we can most likely be
sure the high-performance athlete hasn't
been keeping his nose clean.
His "High-Performance" is probably
just that. * C
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Object Description
| Title | 1986_10 The Daily Collegian October 1986 |
| Alternative Title | Daily Collegian (California State University, Fresno) |
| Publisher | Associated Students of Fresno State, Fresno, Calif. |
| Publication Date | 1986 |
| Description | Daily (except weedends) during the school year. Microfilm. Palo Alto, Calif.: BMI Library Microfilms, 1986- microfilm reels; 35 mm. Vol.1, no.1 (Feb 8, 1922)- |
| Subject | California State University, Fresno -- Periodicals. |
| Contributors | Associated Students of Fresno State. |
| Coverage | Vol.1 no.1 (Feb 8, 1922)- to present |
| Format | Microfilm reels, 35 mm. |
| Technical Information | Scanned at 600 dpi; TIFF; Microfilm ScanPro 2000 "E-image data" |
| Language | eng |
Description
| Title | October 2, 1986, Page 7 |
| Alternative Title | Daily Collegian (California State University, Fresno) |
| Publisher | Associated Students of Fresno State, Fresno, Calif. |
| Publication Date | 1986 |
| Description | Daily (except weedends) during the school year. Microfilm. Palo Alto, Calif.: BMI Library Microfilms, 1986- microfilm reels; 35 mm. Vol.1, no.1 (Feb 8, 1922)- |
| Subject | California State University, Fresno -- Periodicals. |
| Contributors | Associated Students of Fresno State. |
| Coverage | Vol.1 no.1 (Feb 8, 1922)- to present |
| Format | Microfilm reels, 35 mm. |
| Technical Information | Scanned at 600 dpi; TIFF; Microfilm ScanPro 2000 "E-image data" |
| Language | eng |
| Full-Text-Search | l,mil(BT?timmmi(Bm'&. . Thursday. Oct. 2,1986 a page m Sports drugs: Who's fed up? Medium Rare ■ '.'.■..■•.■•■■:-■ ; '.::.... J.G. Wirt l Ninety-eight yard touchdown runs and triple-play ballgames can make an arm¬ chair athlete's weekend. When the high performance sport* plays are really out¬ rageous, it makes great conversation with the guys at the factory or the office. But what happens when the armchair athlete discovers the sport isn't a pie-in- the-sky fantasy of triumph, thrill, victory, anl agony, but has become a tension- riddled scam where the players have been indulging in a little tootsarooskie? How will the armchair athlete feel when the guys on his favorite team are operating with other energy than pure adrenalin? Knowing - and having to contend with athletes using drugs has become almosuas unbearable as simply being informed they have been abusing drugs. How does the armchair athlete know if the "great play" is natural or drug-induced? Before the big drug flap, nobody was any wiser. If a player was using drugs, the fans never found out about it: ff the football team was rapidly ascending the Big Scoreboard because of outstanding performance, fans could rest assured the team was merely operating very well. The ihought of players on illicit chemical enhancement failed to enter the living room of the armchair athlete. - CLUB Continued from page 6 appease Scheider and to insure a green light for the project. Scheider told a reporter from the Los Angeles Times Michaels'original screen¬ play would have worked as an interesting stage play, but not as a film. He short- sided Michaels' work. Good, even great, films can be made which emphasize dialogue and discussion. Take "The Big Chill." "The Return of the Seacaucus. Seven," "My Dinner with Andre" and "The Breikfast Club" for example. Thc film wouldn't have been chatty with the original dialogue. There's more than enough action in Michaels' works to keep the audience both interested and awake. The film and THE WILD BI UE 1145 Fulton In The Tower Oct. 3,4 Now or Never with members of Aqua Bob, (Fri.-Sat.) The Outpatients and Wild Blue Yonder Oct. 7 xhe Fresno Folk Society presents: poet Tom Gunn i (Tues.) music with Peg Hartley and the Wenches (Wed8) The Sud Suckers 8pm (DOORS OPEN} FRESNO LIVE - 8:00 P.M. SUNDAY, OCTOBER 5 THOUVENEL STRING QUARTET in a concert recorded in Fresno on Sept. 18, 1986. The quartet performs works by Haydn, Shostakovich, and Brahms. CELLIST EUGENE FRIENSEN in an interview and broadcast of this former Fresnan's new album "New Friends". PIANIST OXAN A YABLONSKAYA in a Fresno performance in 1980 under tfie auspices of Keyboard Concerts. She s plays "Pictures at an Exhibition" by Mussorgsky. Host is Alex Vavoulis. Program guide available to Special studfeht rate: $20 233-2221 subscribers. per year. But somewhere it has gotten out of hand. Maybe some once-discreet players dropped their guard. Or some players, finding it difficult to cope with too much unbearable, stress-ridden success, failed to learn "subtle abuse." Like was finally surmised with l.en Bias, some players aren't habitual users. Bias might never have used cocaine before instant, major stardom stunned him into careless celebration., It's bewildering, first, to even contend-, with sports stars doing drugs, and second, that we have to find out about it. • If players have to use drugs, why can't they just stick to the "what they don't know won't hurt them" plan? It's no longer a secret Once drug abuse was "discovered." the big drug mess made the games a drag. And then the pheno¬ menon had to go and invade thc civilian side of life. novel feature men yelling, getting drunk, fighting and destroying a house during a knife-throwing competition. The brothel sequence may also leave some members of the audience with the conclusion that Michaels'and Scheider's intentions were salacious and that this is a sordid "boys' night out" picture for a talented cast. But that's a wrong con¬ clusion to draw. Obviously, Michaels, the cast, and direc¬ tor Peter Medak made an honest attempt to expose the anxieties and absurdities facing males in today's society. It's just that the film is a candle of understanding instead of a beacon. If Scheider had the courage to follow the original screenplay, "The Men's Club" would have been a more affecting, interest¬ ing and pre ;ative movie. As it stands, it's just din ^nt. BLOOM COUNTY The president peed in a jar just to show us that it's all right to take a drug test. A lot of good that will do. Like sdcial- commeniary comedian David Steinberg said: "If the test shows George Bush is doing coke, what are they gonna do about it?*' In sports, drugs used to be an out-of- sight. out-of-mind issue. You don't have to be a drug'advocate or a dealer to see that before the problem was brought out into the open, it wasn't in the open. And wasn't a problem. • But now. when there is a blistering 98- yard touchdown run for the record books, tongues will be set a-clackin' and fingers a-pointin'. because we can most likely be sure the high-performance athlete hasn't been keeping his nose clean. His "High-Performance" is probably just that. * C by Berke Breathed ma.tpont w.„ UKBTK I THtlMMXb UPttMON\ mJU>PK£ OH XXX I WPISOAi f*Ce. \ 77* cAtnow WSbKMtrrrP 1 fOK- UUm'Hor BOOK ALERT!! FOR YOUR LISTENING PLEASURE!! BOOKS ON CASSETTE ^ $7.95 - $14.95 NOW AVAILABLE c A. M. A. J AMERICAN MARKETING ASSOCIATION (STUDENT CHAPTER) / • PROVIDING CAREER INFORMATION & DEVELOPMENT • PRACTICAL MARKETING EXPERIENCE • NETWORKING g • LOC A LANDNATIONAL AFFILIA TION BECOME INVOLVED AND JOIN TODAY THURS. OCT. 2 - 5:30 P.M. - C.U. RM. 312 NEW MEMBERS WELCOMED |
