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Seriously, what the fuck was Jon Jones supposed to do? He's in a sport where your life is literally on the line everytime, and more than a few fighters (most notably the Diaz brothers) have emphatically said "everyone is on steroids". So what is Jones supposed do? Train natty and put his brain and life on the line against roided up monsters? If you have a wife and two little girls at home would you bring a natty package up against juiced up freaks?
Jon Jones broke the rules. He will be punished in a way that could very well end his career. But please, save the moral outrage. The reaction to Jones is similar to the reaction to Lance armstrong: People chose to come down on Lance because he was the biggest name in the sport, they chose to discredit his accomplishments. But few people would talk about how everyone in the field was literally doing what lance was doing.
But with Jones there is an even finer point of moral distinction between him and Lance: His PED use was literally a defense against a threat to his life by people doing the same thing.
Jon Jones broke the rules. He will be punished in a way that could very well end his career. But please, save the moral outrage. The reaction to Jones is similar to the reaction to Lance armstrong: People chose to come down on Lance because he was the biggest name in the sport, they chose to discredit his accomplishments. But few people would talk about how everyone in the field was literally doing what lance was doing.
But with Jones there is an even finer point of moral distinction between him and Lance: His PED use was literally a defense against a threat to his life by people doing the same thing.
