article_snippet: I do not have a problem with giving second chances to disgraced athletes.
article_snippet: Redemption stories can provide some of the most uplifting moments in sport and in the past few years I have come to admire Dwain Chambers, a man who will always be known as a drugs cheat, for the way he responded to he downfall.
article_snippet: Recidivism suggests a predilection for cheating the public and one’s fellow competitors that is harder to forgive and which makes it more troublesome to believe that the athlete has reformed.
article_snippet: What I really have a problem with, though, is rewarding an athlete who has cheated twice with a big, fat sponsorship deal.
article_snippet: What I really have a problem with is somehow legitimising the taking of performance-enhancing drugs in sport by making a cheat look cool.