Do Genetic Advantages Make Sports Unfair?

Here's The Real Problem Facing Sports
DENVER - SEPTEMBER 05: Barry Bonds #25 of the San Francisco Giants launches his 762nd career home run off of Ubaldo Jimenez of the Colorado Rockies in the first inning to give the Giants a 2-0 lead over the Rockies at Coors Field on September 5, 2007 in Denver, Colorado. (Photo by Doug Pensinger/Getty Images)
DENVER - SEPTEMBER 05: Barry Bonds #25 of the San Francisco Giants launches his 762nd career home run off of Ubaldo Jimenez of the Colorado Rockies in the first inning to give the Giants a 2-0 lead over the Rockies at Coors Field on September 5, 2007 in Denver, Colorado. (Photo by Doug Pensinger/Getty Images)

We want sports to be fair and we take elaborate measures to make sure that no one competitor has an advantage over any other. But how can a fantastic menagerie ever be a contest among equals?

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