What IS a performance enhancer?

Well apparently weed is...just ask Ricky Williams. LOL.


So what is a performance enhancer? Would taking steriods to play like you did when you were 26 at the age of 36 count? It wouldn't enhance, it would be what you used to be able to do?
So I guess I would say, anything that allows the abnormal increase in "talent" that wouldn't normally be there had it not been for the drug.

cortisone enables one to play in situations where maybe they wouldn't be able to without it. in a way it enhances performance. without it would be no performance

Well apparently weed is...just ask Ricky Williams. LOL.


So what is a performance enhancer? Would taking steriods to play like you did when you were 26 at the age of 36 count? It wouldn't enhance, it would be what you used to be able to do?
So I guess I would say, anything that allows the abnormal increase in "talent" that wouldn't normally be there had it not been for the drug.

I would simply define it as any drug not prescribed by a physician for medical purposes (ie, a cortisone shot for pain), that also is clinically shown to enhance your ability to play sports effectively.

Cortisone is not an enhancer, it's a legit medicine for people with sore knees.

cortisone enables one to play in situations where maybe they wouldn't be able to without it. in a way it enhances performance. without it would be no performance

Yes but your doctor would give Joe Blow a cortisone shot so that he could go to work and do his 9-5 desk job. Is that a performance enhancer? If so, then you must not think this kind of performance enhancing drug is a bad thing.

Why can't a player have it?

cortisone enables one to play in situations where maybe they wouldn't be able to without it. in a way it enhances performance. without it would be no performance

I disagree...that's a pain killer. So should Ibruprophen be illegal too? Tylenol?

I disagree...that's a pain killer. So should Ibruprophen be illegal too? Tylenol?

Exactly. Pain killers don't enhance performance. They allow normal performance to take place.

You can tell why this is being discussed by this dipshit at 2:00 am in the morning. It's a retarded argument. Is he actually saying we should ban cortisone and other pain killers because they "enhance" performance? Or is he saying that because we're allowing cortisone, we should allow steroids and other performance enhancers?

Whatever his point is, he's friggin retarded.

Pain killers aren't enhancers, because they don't make you better than what you were without the pain. In fact, I have been in this situation, and even with the shot, you're still not 100%, you're more like 90-95% instead of being 75%.
But like I said, it doesn't "enhance" your talents or skills.

Here is the definition from the dictionary:
en·hance /ɛnˈhæns, -ˈhɑns/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[en-hans, -hahns] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation
–verb (used with object), -hanced, -hanc·ing. 1. to raise to a higher degree; intensify; magnify: The candelight enhanced her beauty.
2. to raise the value or price of: Rarity enhances the worth of old coins.