Catch Me If You Can - The Balco Supplements Scandal - Martin Bashir interviews Victor Conte

[@mab7175]

They were mutual agreements between the suppliers of performance enhancing drugs and the athletes using them. Both parties knew they were partaking in breaking the rules.

[@j.m.5744]

The entire IRS investigation against Victor Conte and BALCO was an absolute joke. What type of person becomes an IRS agent and rides around looking to jam up people because of what kind of car they drive, or because something may look "off" to a person who knows nothing about what they are looking at? Sad, sad little boys playing cops.

[@allancerf9038]

True. Pravda. Veritas.

[@Steveaustin007]

Wasn’t that the same guy who stole thousands of dollars in cash.

[@nativeroscoe64]

2023 is the final year of eligibility in the Baseball hall of fame for Barry Bonds. He nabbed only 66 percent of the votes failing to reach 75 percent to make it. It's because of this Balco scandal and steroids. Look at his body transformation in one season. He became a monster.

[@londonbowcat1]

20:50 steroids and growth hormone

[@wheelmanstan]

I wonder how doped up Hitler had his olympians. Always funny hearing how these athletes "didn't think they were steroids" as their bodies started to quickly gain lean muscle.

[@fresh0678]

Only testosterone was really synthesized at that time. There was no epo or even Dianabol at that time. I believe Dbol didn't come around until the 60's. Tbol with the East Germans in the 70's.

[@Dude-1689]

😂😂😂😂 The legendary excuse is too funny.

[@victornewman-jc6lp]

Whata so important about lean muscle?

[@pixotass]

All Olympians are doped! Wake up

[@londonbowcat1]

​@@victornewman-jc6lp1:50 I remember Bashir . UKs finest ?

[@marfu1119]

The funny thing is most male sprinters are running 9.7 now in 2022. The World record is 9.58

[@allancerf9038]

And you think 9.58 is legit?

[@bigv8820]

It's not legit, that's the point he is making​@@allancerf9038

[@casanjt8515]

Unfortunately most do... but we kno he was on that new balco

[@TrickStar-n7e]

Hahahaha

[@NDRAAA20]

@@allancerf9038 yes it is.

[@keepinitrea]

Look at bolt physique between 07 to 09

[@erikhammer153]

You look at it

[@londonbowcat1]

​@@erikhammer153 24:30 who?

[@chrisfendt7488]

It sad to see no more real athletes anymore many, as the saying goes ,I’m afraid are manufactured. The minute you come off peds like with cocaine heroin fentanyl or crack depression and withdrawal symptoms set in and your mental health hits rock bottom. It’s all about getting yourself known on tv and social media , prestige money power and fame . The old saying these days ‘do whatever it takes’. It will in the end destroy your life.

[@bryanfrombuffalo7685]

Your not going on n coming off...pct is a myth

[@SumukhComedy]

Watched "Untold" on Netflix which led me to this as I didn't recall this interview happening at all. Just absurd/hilarious 20 years later to watch the unethical Bashir interviewing the unethical Conte as if we should take their word in any way in either of their fields.

[@DoubleMonoLR]

Except that Conte's accusations have routinely been shown to be true, with most if not all athletes later admitting it.

[@pvjm]

Nice to see a vintage John Stossel

[@mrkipling2201]

Didn't he get slapped by Dr David Schultz??

[@Keith_McDaniel]

​@@mrkipling2201 he did

[@londonbowcat1]

​@@mrkipling22012:20 so it was fake

[@mrkipling2201]

​@@Keith_McDanielI thought it was the bloke!!

[@bryanfrombuffalo7685]

They been using since the 50s

[@carlosniebles6746]

Lebron james

[@bryanfrombuffalo7685]

Right

[@londonbowcat1]

​@@bryanfrombuffalo7685 27:00 Greg Anderson

[@adrian3355w]

This journalist is....questionable. However, what Victor Conte is saying cannot be completely disputed because the info is hard to verify.

[@londonbowcat1]

21:50 Bill Russell a cheat?

[@ricardogonzalez1894]

That was Balco, and they were caught, I'm wondering how many Balco-similars emerged afterwards that haven't been discovered yet. Only athletes sponsored from mega firms supplying them with the $ necessary to afford performance-enhancing substances. The likes of American and Jamaican runners and always suspicious Kenyans.

[@closer20jc]

Lebron James lol

[@DaddyFatSzack]

African (African origin) have the most genetic variations of all humans.

[@misterbaseball5494]

Sir Conte, become a brave hero like sir Canseco against all people involved non athletes making big dollars promoting sports even in di olimpics wow

[@Ishbikes]

“She passed a lie detector”…is that right?

[@allancerf9038]

She went to 'jail.' That 'is' right.

[@Ishbikes]

@@allancerf9038 I was being *sarcastic.* Hell, Ted Bundy passed a lie detector

[@closer20jc]

A lie detector is only as good as the person administering it. They are a joke

[@DoubleMonoLR]

@@closer20jc That's a comparatively minor aspect. "Lie detectors" *don't* detect lies, they detect nerves, nothing else. A "better" operator of the polygraph machine is basically just turning it into body language analysis - both are pure pseudo-science, aka bull***t. People can easily pass lie detector tests while lying, using extremely basic techniques. Likewise people can "fail" despite being totally truthful & innocent. The popularity of lie detectors is solely because of the USA's irrational use of them, they're basically the only place in the world that puts any value on them. Even in the USA, most states *ban* the use of polygraph evidence. In reality, they're often used just as a tactic to make people admit guilt, or to make them look guilty if they refuse the test.

[@Barbassoblues]

That happens when you don't pay enough musicians, painters, artists,😂😂

[@Ishbikes]

That’s hilarious! 😂😂

[@michaelr.4878]

Victor Conte is the man

[@LetsJustBeRealAboutItPod-ye4ts]

The rat

[@bryanfrombuffalo7685]

14:31 duping delight

[@SeanMadden-lm3ut]

I wonder when lebron is gonna get exposed…

[@zeddieperryiv799]

It’s only a matter of time it keeps resurfacing

[@aedaed3605]

thing is, lebron is such a huge megastar icon that they'll find a way to sweep it under the rug

[@kingoust]

it will never happen, american sports leagues are an absolute joke what comes to anti-doping

[@dirk143]

bigger and stronger, Wilt says: Its cheating.

[@londonbowcat1]

2:50 candy from a baby ?

[@etuboldon]

Anytime someone characterizes an accuser of not being "credible", you know....

[@londonbowcat1]

20:50 so he paired Ben Johnsons record?

[@georgeopiyo609]

.....and the list includes,.... NBA's LeBALCO PEDs

[@BeesAcrossTheRockies]

Jesus, if you took a shot every time they say “cheat” you’d be dead in the first five minutes. Looking back at this feels like such a time capsule, it all sounds so corny and black and white, but living when we do now it’s just cartoonish to think that pro athletes aren’t all doing EVERYTHING they can to win. I’m not defending steroid and EPO use and the damage it can cause to the body, but it’s the prisoners dilemma; it’s like if you’re a soldier and guns are banned by law, but every single enemy of note is using a gun - what are you gonna do, deliberately handicap yourself compared to everyone else and try to fight with a spear when everything is on the line? Athletes have a limited window to make virtually all the money they ever will before they suffer irreversible damage from hard af training and injuries. Logically speaking, if even a few people break the rules, then there’s zero reason to follow them unless you want to fail and be a martyr only god will remember, having wasted years of your past, who knows how much of your future and your biggest dreams

[@biganioitsile1266]

BALCO destroyed the lives of America's top athletes, especially Marion Jones. If she could be given another chance to do it all again I think she will do it completely differently

[@wheelmanstan]

her death was due to doping?

[@divinee.155]

There was drugs before BALCO and drugs after BALCO. no one force athlete to cheat. Just as i saw in 110 m hurdles yesterday very suspicious for all but O well as long as they dont get caught let the best cheater win

[@supmario]

@@wheelmanstan when did Marion die? I think you are confused with FloJo

[@wheelmanstan]

@@supmario I don't even remember writing that, but you're right.

[@nativeroscoe64]

Well, not exactly because this report shows that Marion wanted to win at any cost. She ended up committing perjury to a grand jury. Conti and her ex-husband saw her inject these steroids. She gets no second chance because she blew her first chance. DRUG CHEAT.

[@nathanhazlehurst484]

Who Care's they all do it. Some are so naïve it's ridiculous.

[@medricadu8863]

The clear, drug

[@2enchant]

Victor needs to stop snitching.

[@BA-cz4is]

😂😂😂😂 they told on him first by suing him

[@Doatello1991]

@v2enchant No. He needs to keep snitching.

[@joshwarner3926]

Sha'carri richardson is juicing

[@PEN-N-PAL]

@joshwarner3926 *So Shelly-Ann Fraser Pryce, Elaine Thompson, Shericka Jackson, Julien Alfred...etc.*

[@GreekboyyD]

Flo Jo! 💉💉💉💪🏿💪🏿💪🏿

[@g-love6507]

LeBron, Terence Crawford 😝 !

[@lerebele1]

People love the spectacular. And drugs creates that.

[@DoubleMonoLR]

No, it doesn't, though the idea is popular. The speed improvement in sprinting, for example, is still a very small change. It's just that the little bit extra is very hard to overcome/requires disproportionately more effort, as with many sports. An extra few %(or less) improvement is often enough to easily beat everyone else. It's highly unlikely anybody would even notice the difference in many events, if all athletes were clean vs the current doped up athletes. Men were running the 100m in 10 seconds flat in the 1960s, with worse shoes and tracks. Hell even in 1890 it was already 10.8 seconds. Inevitably these same men would be faster with current running gear and tracks, and potentially training and diet. The only spectacular thing would often be that they just look unnatural, though there's always been some natural biological freaks - except it stood out before PEDs were rampant, and so was *more* spectacular. That so many are doping also brings a big disconnect, and destroys credibility. Every win is accompanied by wondering if they were doping.

[@joshuakean643]

Steroids work haha but ruins your health

[@keithk1454]

jones should have gone to jail! she broke the law! lots of bodybuilders went to prison for steroids, she should too!

[@paulettefranco6974]

She did go to jail

[@keithk1454]

@@paulettefranco6974 Yea but not for steroids. she got in trouble with the irs for check fraud!

[@bigmac-k5t]

@@paulettefranco6974 Jail for a check scheme! not roids!

[@erikhammer153]

Going to jail for that was ridiculous

[@bigmac-k5t]

@@erikhammer153 The govt gets a little upset when you defraud them!

[@LetsJustBeRealAboutItPod-ye4ts]

Victor the snitch

[@LetsJustBeRealAboutItPod-ye4ts]

Snitch

[@medricadu8863]

What I don't like about victor was that he had the nerve to accuse usain 🔩⚡ who never failed a drugs test

[@bigv8820]

Stop being naive.

[@DoubleMonoLR]

Marion Jones also never failed a drug test(from *84* tests), as shown in the video. It means nothing in isolation, whether he actually did or not. It's routinely a popularity contest on social media, rather than being based on facts.

[@bryanfrombuffalo7685]

U think these dudes are clean..gtfoh