So we're witnessing all the drama and wailing and gnashing of teeth over Lance Armstrong finally coming clean about doing the very thing that most of the top cycling competitors do and lying about it (they all lie about it); Performance Enhancing Drugs.


Ok, I get it, it seems like cheating ... its not healthy for the competitors, its not good for the sport. But as long as Performance Enhancing Drugs (PEDs) exist they will always be used.

So why not look at auto racing (or competitive shooting ... or any number of individual competitive sports)? Why not just make PED use into its own class? In NHRA drag racing (for example) you have about a dozen different classes of competition based on the modifications (or lack there of) to the cars. From Top Fuel to Pro Street to Stock.

Why not in individual competitions like bicycle racing just have a "Natural" and "PED" classes (and maybe a "Physically Augmented" class for people with artificial limbs and such that may be giving those competitors an advantage ... or disadvantage).

Then the juicers and dopers compete with each other and the "clean" athletes compete against each other and there's no more sneaking around behind people's backs ... could probably come up with a handy-capping system too allowing for determination of an "overall" winner.