{"id":83465,"date":"2015-12-27T17:48:32","date_gmt":"2015-12-28T01:48:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=83465"},"modified":"2015-12-27T18:27:47","modified_gmt":"2015-12-28T02:27:47","slug":"al-jazeera-investigates-the-dark-side-of-sports-doping","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=83465","title":{"rendered":"Al Jazeera Investigates &#8211; The Dark Side Of Sports Doping"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wJRPxmTuxoI\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>I expect that most pro athletes are cheating with their supplements.<\/p>\n<p>Where are the incentives? The incentives are massively in the direction of cheating. The chances of getting caught are low. <\/p>\n<p>People react to incentives. 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