Within eight years it became illegal to dig holes in the ground. What had been an unfair advantage was now a requirement. His parents discover that a certain drug, associated with modest risks to his health, will raise his ability to study for hours on end as well as increase his powers of retention. The child agrees to try the drug. I hope not.
Athletes are a docile lot.
Most of them think illegality confers illegitimacy because they are told to think that. That is putting the proverbial cart before the horse. Technology has also struck home in powerlifting where the use of the bench shirt has revolutionized our sense of what is possible. The bench shirt is so tight that a person needs at least two strong men to help him don his shirt and it takes over three minutes. He needs the same help removing it when he is done.