11m shootouts in soccer. And I know for a fact that drinking some alcohol was a thing in endurance cycling, IIRC it supposedly works because it makes it easier to push through the pain. Which sounds insane and self-destructive, but that’s kinda par for the course for endurance cycling.
Also, just 50 years ago many sports just weren’t that professional; you just didn’t need to be at absolute peak fitness in soccer, especially not when your team was a lot better than your opponent’s.
Tbf, you can drink and smoke doing pretty much anything.
Like 50 years ago when air traffic control was arguably safer.
True, but I’d argue you’d have a hard time being competitive in sports if you do that. Well, a high intensity sport, anyway.
“Bolt is on track, ready for a new record attempt, there’s the whiskey bottle, and I think he’s smoking Pall Malls today”
I could see maybe boxing. Possibly baseball.
11m shootouts in soccer. And I know for a fact that drinking some alcohol was a thing in endurance cycling, IIRC it supposedly works because it makes it easier to push through the pain. Which sounds insane and self-destructive, but that’s kinda par for the course for endurance cycling.
Also, just 50 years ago many sports just weren’t that professional; you just didn’t need to be at absolute peak fitness in soccer, especially not when your team was a lot better than your opponent’s.