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Thread #149118   Message #3468815
Posted By: GUEST,Stim
19-Jan-13 - 10:27 PM
Thread Name: Musicians & Performance Enhancing Drugs
Subject: RE: Musicians & Performance Enhancing Drugs
Whatever you all may think about Henry Krinkle, there is a perfectly reasonable answer to his question. To wit:

There are formal rules for athletic competitions, such as bicycling, set by organizations such as the UCI(Union Cycliste Internationale) and USAC (USA Cycling). These associations have decided that certain drugs enhance performance and have decide that they may not be used by competitors. In order to compete in their events competitors agree not to use them. If you don't follow the rules, you're out. It's that simple.

The Grammies have rules (though God only knows what they are), but they don't have a drug rule. Maybe if they did, Michael Jackson, Whitney Houston, Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, Jim Morrison, et al, wouldn't be dead. Or maybe they just wouldn't be eligible for Grammies.