just say someone say they "suspect the people involved in the sports industry are on thin ice when it comes to eugenics" (verbatim quote btw) and then they cite an extreme simplification of "Ancient Greek culture" (which isn't homogenous, it depends on the era and area and also the people "hot enough to attract attention of gods" (another verbatim quote famously didn't always do too good...) as proof of that ohhh we're cooked ohhhhh my goddddd we're cooked
like yes there is an issue of scientific misinformation regarding health, some of which is relevant to sports medicine and much of it is antiquated.... but that doesn't make people who work in the sports industry (as pro athletes or trainers or journalists... also i feel like this doesn't even apply to, like, photographers, or, like, people who help handle the huge amounts of money involved in pro sports) more likely to be eugenicists lmao
also i have a gripe with "Tying worth to something that depends on birth, including physical ability, is so pervasive in humans" in THIS CONTEXT specifically, in that, yes, the general sentiment is agreeable, but an athletes ability isn't entirely dependant on birth.... like, they work extremely hard to maintain their skill and rise to a professional level. People celebrating athletes aren't tying worth to something that depends on birth, they're celebrating the insane amount of effort and honed skill it takes to play sports at a professional level. Like Messi didn't pop out of the womb cracked at soccer (and sure, you could argue that he was lucky to have been born fully able bodied but a) that applies to most skills and is therefore not a problem unique to sports and b) disabled athletes are also celebrated) he spent years of his life working to get cracked at soccer
the offending comment, if anyone is curious
