Pro athletes are not doctors. Your examples are apples and oranges. If a future doc does better on his exams because he did something to enhance his performance (improved study methods or even taking something to stay awake and therefore study more) that is not cheating. I wouldn’t recommend the latter but that’s his choice not mine. The future doc getting the answers from somebody is cheating. A doc taking something to stay awake during surgery is not enhancing his skill, it is putting somebodies life in danger. Pro athletes are not endangering anybody. If Braun did take something he is cheating. I’m certainly conceding that. What I’m saying is that these silly rules need to be abolished. Players take things to make them better at what they are already very gifted. I have a particular gift that I choose to enhance through additional education. I have risen above coworkers as a result. They have the same opportunities as me but chose otherwise. Braun allegedly chooses pills or injections. Did Babe Ruth or Lou Gehrig do it this way? No because they did not have the enhancement technology. The buggy whip manufacturer meme comes to mind here. Don’t insult docs by comparing them to athletes.
Would you encourage or tolerate your son taking steroids to advance his sports career?