Goalkeeper Cloning? The Mind Doth Boggle!

Imagine Makybe Diva winning another three straight Melbourne Cup’s…in the year 3000. Could you even think about Peter Schmeichel terrorizing a hapless attack for another ten years…again. in the year 3000? Gene doping is here, and it is real! So much so that they cloned Dolly and created a two headed fish. Good intentions I’m sure and all in the name of science, right? Following is possibly one of the most riveting articles I have read from the sports science frontier in quite some time, by an Aussie sports science researcher.

Robin Parisotto has come up with some smashing questions that resonate the possibilities of gene doping for many sports, here is one of the best points of the article:

"No matter whether we are talking about humans or animals, gene doping will cross all doping boundaries because it has the potential to permanently change the body, not just temporarily like conventional drugs. And it will affect all sports. Even genes responsible for height, weight, metabolism, balance, nerve, vision when identified will become performance-enhancing even in the most innocuous sports that don’t require great feats of strength or endurance like pistol shooting, archery, gymnastics etc. Gene technology will challenge society on many levels and it will force to question what it means to be human. It may well force us to ask another question: ‘What does sport mean?’ At the moment it appears that no one really knows where gene technology is taking the human race, let alone human sporting performance."

You can read up more regarding the article here. It truly is one of the best reads I have had in a while!