Here’s my latest Opinion piece for Newsweek. It discusses the panel I chaired at the House of Lords, UK Parliament supporting enhanced athletes & the Enhanced Games!
Antagonists of the Enhanced Games say it will be dangerous. Some insist athletes will overdose and possibly die while competing. D’Souza said these fears are overblown. The Enhanced Games will also have some regulations, including pre-competition tests that show an athlete is healthy to compete, regardless of what they’re on.
Many athletes don’t seem to mind the risks. That’s partially because they’re being offered large financial sums to compete. Magnussen was offered $1.5 million dollars to try to break the 50-meter freestyle world record, and he appeared quite happy with that sizable amount of money. Furthermore, many athletes have already been taking enhancements, so now they’d just be out in the open about it.
As society is constantly being introduced to all sorts of new technologies—innovation and science that improves and alters the lives of humanity—it would seem ignorant to not try to see how far human capability can go when enhanced. It’s time to push the human being further and let it start creating new world records for athletes who are improving their competitive level with enhancements. It’s also time to start down the path of stopping discrimination and reputation-busting against drug users in sports.
A more open-minded approach to sporting events and athletes is needed. Enhanced games could be just the breakthrough many of us have been waiting to see.
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