THERE ARE SOME ACCUSATIONS THAT MEMBERS OF THE PARALYMPICS ARE
USING SOMETHING KNOWN AS SCROTUM SQUEEZING IN ORDER TO GET A
COMPETITIVE EDGE IN SOME OF THE
RACES.
FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE WONDERING WHAT THE HELL IS A
SCROTUM SQUEEZING ñ
LET ME SHOW YOU ñ
NO, WE ARE NOT GOING TO SHOW YOU.
TODAY IS THE FIRST TIME I
HAVE HEARD OF IT, AND IT IS FASCINATING HOW IT IS UTILIZED, AND
HOW LONG IT HAS BEEN BANNED.
RIO PARALYMPICS IS SAYING THAT
THEY ARE PLANNING ON STOPPING THE COMPETITORS FROM DOING THIS,
BECAUSE THEY ARE RISKING THEIR HEALTH BY SITTING ON THEIR SCROTUM,
OR CUTTING OFF CATHETERS TO FILL THEIR BLADDERS IN ORDER TO BOOST
ADRENALINE AND PERFORMANCE.
THIS HAS BEEN BANNED FOR MORE THAN A
DECADE.
IT DOES NOT USE ARTIFICIAL STIMULANTS.
INSTEAD,
IT INVOLVES TRICKING THE BRAIN
INTO TRIGGERING AUTONOMIC DYSREFLEXIA, ìAD.î THIS INCREASES
YOUR BLOOD PRESSURE SIGNIFICANTLY, AND YOU PUT
YOURSELF AT SEVERE RISK OF A
STROKE OR A HEART ATTACK.
NOT ONLY IS IT CHEATING, BECAUSE YOU
ARE GETTING THIS UNFAIR
ADVANTAGE OVER THE OTHER COMPETITORS, YOU ARE ALSO
PUTTING YOUR LIFE AT RISK.
"RESEARCH SHOWS DELIBERATELY
INDUCED AD CAN ENHANCE ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE BY AS MUCH AS TEN
PERCENT, ESPECIALLY IN ENDURANCE EVENTS SUCH AS LONG-DISTANCE
WHEELCHAIR RACES."
THIS IS FASCINATING STUFF.
IT INCREASES PERFORMANCE BY TEN PERCENT.
I SAY THAT BECAUSE I DO GENUINELY BELIEVE THAT IT
IS RIDICULOUS TO BAN ALL PERFORMANCE ENHANCING DRUGS
AND SUPPLEMENTS IN SPORTS, I BELIEVE IT WOULD MAKE THE
SPORT A LOT BETTER IF IT WAS OPENLY ALLOWED.
CURRENTLY, EVERYBODY USES, TO SOME LEVEL, PED'S, AND WE
JUST DON'T SEE THE ONES THAT DON'T GET CAUGHT.
NEW ONES ARE BEING DEVELOPED CONSTANTLY.
IF YOU ARE AN ATHLETE, AND YOU ARE NOW IN THIS WILD
WEST SITUATION WHERE EVERYONE CAN TAKE WHAT THEY WANT,
THEN YOU FEEL PRESSURED TO PUT THESE DRUGS IN YOUR BODY
WHEN YOU DON'T NECESSARILY WANT TO.
BUT PEOPLE ARE ALREADY DOING THAT.
BUT THEY ARE PUTTING LESS THAN THEY WOULD IF IT WAS LEGAL.
IF IT WAS REGULATED, IF IT WAS LEGAL, IT WOULD MAKE
ALL OF THESE SPORTS MUCH MORE INTERESTING.
I THINK THAT IT PUTS ATHLETES WHO DON'T WANT TO PUT THESE
DRUGS IN THEIR BODIES AT AN UNFAIR DISADVANTAGE, THEY ARE
GOING TO BE PRESSURED AND FORCED INTO DOING IT TO GET A
COMPETITIVE EDGE AND I DON'T THINK THAT'S A GOOD IDEA.
IF YOU ARE WORRIED ABOUT CONCUSSIONS, YOU STAY OUT
OF THE NFL.
IF YOU DON'T WANT TO USE STEROIDS, STAY OUT OF THE NFL.
ARE YOU SERIOUS?
I DISAGREE.
I THINK WE COULD GET RID OF ALL
PROTECTIVE GEAR WHEN IT COMES TO FOOTBALL, IT IS GOING TO MAKE IT
MORE INTERESTING.
IT ACTUALLY LEADS TO LESS INJURY WHEN THE PROTECTIVE
GEAR IS TAKEN OFF.
I KNOW, RUGBY HAS LESS SERIOUS INJURIES, GOT IT.
I AM NOT IN FAVOR OF LIFTING THE BAN ON
PERFORMANCE-ENHANCING DRUGS.
I THINK SPORTS ARE DANGEROUS ENOUGH, AND IF YOU
UNDERSTAND THE RISKS AND YOU GET INVOLVED IN IT, IT SHOULD
BE ENTERTAINING, ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING EVERYONE ELSE
DOES IT.
I THINK THE FOOTBALL FIELD SHOULD HAVE A COUPLE OF PITS,
AND IF SOMEBODY FUMBLES, LIONS COME OUT.
I AM BEING TOTALLY SERIOUS.
I DON'T CARE IF IT'S MORE ENTERTAINING, I DON'T WANT
PEOPLE TO PUT THEIR LIVES AT RISK.
WHAT I LOVE ABOUT THIS STORY IS THAT, STUPIDLY,
WE LOOK AT PEOPLE COMPETING IN THE PARALYMPICS, AND FOR SOME
REASON THINK THEY ARE LESS BLOODTHIRSTY THAN ATHLETES WHO
ARENíT IN THE PARALYMPICS.
I LIKE THIS, BECAUSE IT SHOWS THAT THEY
ARE JUST AS WILLING TO DO ANYTHING.
DESTROYED THEIR BODY,
DESTROYED THEIR FUTURE, TO GET A RIBBON, OR PROBABLY GIGANTIC
AMOUNTS OF AD DOLLARS.
I DON'T THINK THIS IS THAT CRAZY, BUT THERE ARE
INSTANCES WHERE REALLY MESSED UP THINGS HAVE HAPPENED IN THE
PARALYMPICS.
IN THE 2000 GAMES, THE SPANISH TEAM ACTUALLY HAD TEN OUT OF THEIR
TWELVE BASKETBALL PLAYERS TEST WITH HIGHER IQS THAN SEVENTY,
AND THEY HADNíT TESTED ANY OF THEIR ATHLETES AT ALL, AND THAT'S WHY
THEY HAD AN INCREDIBLE ADVANTAGE ON THE BASKETBALL COURT.
PEOPLE WHO WOULD NATURALLY HAVE A HIGHER IQ?
IT IS TECHNICALLY THE SPECIAL OLYMPICS, SO YOU HAVE TO HAVE
SOMEONE HAVE AN IQ THAT IS UNDER SEVENTY IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO
COMPETE.
I THOUGHT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT THE PARALYMPICS, I GOT CONFUSED.
NO, SPECIAL OLYMPICS, SORRY.
PEOPLE MIGHT BE WONDERING HOW OFFICIALS PLAN TO ENFORCE
THE BAN ON SCROTUM SQUEEZING.
IT SOUNDS FUNNY WHEN YOU SAID THAT WAY.
THEY ARE PLANNING ON TESTING THEIR BLOOD PRESSURE PRIOR
TO THEM COMPETING, AND IF YOU HAVE UNREASONABLY HIGH
BLOOD PRESSURE, IT IS USUALLY AN INDICATION THAT YOU ARE
DOING SOMETHING QUESTIONABLE.