[laichzeit0]

The way you phrase it makes it sound like it's somehow wrong for athletes to improve in all areas of their sport except when it comes to using performance enhancing drugs? That's like saying a Vim user should not be allowed to use certain plugins, because: because we decided it's not allowed. End of conversation.

The reason players 'hack' the testing is because they either (a) believe other players are doing the same, or (b) other players are _actually_ doing the same, so it's another variable that has to be taking into consideration if you want to 'be the best'.

[Mimu]

It seems like he's talking about doping, and there is a big difference between doping and using a plugin.

Few years ago I heard someone (like doctor or someone related to the field) talking about it, and he said there are 3 conditions for a drugs to be considered as a doping product. The main one being "put the user's health at risk" (another being "enhance performance" and I don't remember the third one).

I don't think you can die using a plugin.

[dhimes]

I agree. A better comparison would be coders (or academics) who use Aderall or some similar 'brain doping' to achieve performance enhancements vs those who don't. There are whispers that it's an issue in academia, especially among those competing for tenure.