Part of me says throw it open but as I wrote in my previous post I worry about the 10 year old kids, shit even the 18 year olds, who have dreams to be a world class athlete or a professional athlete yet know they only can meet their dreams if they pump themselves full of chemicals.
He got the the stage of competing in the final Australian Olympic trials. Made the final bout against an opponent he'd previously beaten on a few occasions. He was confident, maybe overconfident I dont know for sure, but he ended up losing that qualification bout.
Months later after he had retired from amateur boxing (at 20yo), I caught up with him and asked him about that last fight. He told me that within the first 30 seconds of that fight he knew he wouldnt win. He claims that he hit his opponent in that fight with the best 2 shots he'd ever thrown. Ever. It was like water off a ducks back. His opponent fought like a man possessed.
My cousin was convinced that the guy was in his words, 'juiced to the eyeballs'.
He was convinced that unless he followed the same path, he wouldnt achieve anything in amateur boxing. He retired. At 20.
The sad part is, a few years later he turned professional in a mixed martial art sport, achieved some decent success (Australian Middleweight Champ) but the shady part of that world saw him make poor life choices and he is now not in a good place.
But he didnt 'juice' up.

