The Enhanced Games: Peter Thiel Is Funding a New Olympics, Steroids Not a Problem

[China]

Peter Thiel Is Funding a New Olympics, Steroids Not a Problem

 

There’s good news for steroid fans: juicers will finally get their day on the field. A who’s who of extremely online investors pitched in to fund a series of events called the Enhanced Games, which describes itself as “the 21st Century Olympics without drug testing.” The list includes Christian Angermayer, venture capitalist, Balaji Srinivasan, former Coinbase CTO, and Peter Thiel, PayPal co-founder and frenemy of Elon Musk.

 

“Unlike the Olympic Games, Enhanced believes that excellence deserves to be rewarded,” said Aron D’Souza, President of the Enhanced Games, in a press release. “Support from the world’s leading venture capitalists enables us to create the structures that pay athletes fairly.” (D’Souza previously led Thiel’s litigation against Gawker, Gizmodo’s former parent company.)

 

D’Souza said Enhanced will focus on world records—world records that won’t count.

 

Steroids, the Enhanced Games insists, are good for athletes and the world. Unlike the real Olympics, which refuses to let go of its boring obsession with health and fairness, Enhanced promises its upcoming show will be a “world-class sporting event” that’s fit for the modern era. The organization even paid a doctor to say the whole thing is healthy, smart, and cool.

 

“Contemporary drug testing practiced in sports today is not necessarily about athlete safety; it often skews the public perception of fairness and health in competitive sports,” said Michael Sagner, MD, a member of the Enhanced Games’ Scientific and Medical Advisory Commission, in the press release. “Enhanced will be adopting a sophisticated safety protocol which puts the athlete’s health first—including comprehensive health checks before and after competitions.”

 

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[TheGreatBuzz]

Oh I'll definitely watch that!

[Fergasun]

Guess we solved housing, health care and world hunger. 

[Captain Wiggles]

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The organization even paid a doctor to say the whole thing is healthy, smart, and cool

 

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[CousinsCowgirl84]

I imagine this guy uses the word “Bro” a lot.

[PokerPacker]

We do need a new Olympics not driven by the highly corrupt IOC. Don't care for an OOPS!  All PEDs! Olympics, though.

[Corcaigh]

Billionaires funding athletic freaks who will severely shorten their lifestyles for the billionaires entertainment.

 

That said, testing is so patchy that many don’t really trust the fairness of elite competition.

 

 

Edited February 1 by Corcaigh

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[Fergasun]

Also, Russia so happy for this...