NY Times Flash: Viagra May Be Performance Enhancing...

...well, in ways you didn't know about. For athletes. In competition. Looking for an edge.

Ah...forget it. Here's what you need to know: Viagra may be headed for the WADA banned substance list. A development that could make the economic crisis look like small potatoes for the future well being of the Champions Tour. Shoot, from what I hear about some young guns' love for the little purple pills, the PGA and European Tours too!

Jere Longman writing for the New York Times explains how the effects of Viagra are being tested on athletes and the prognosis for the future.

Anne L. Friedlander, an author of the 2006 Stanford study, said that she expected Viagra would be banned for sports use. But, she noted, it does not benefit everyone. Only 4 of the 10 participants in her study responded to the drug. And Viagra merely elevated the performance of those four to the level of other participants less affected by altitude, rather than enhancing performance beyond normal, the way steroids do, Dr. Friedlander said.

Merely elevated? I wonder if the editors debated the use of the word elevated?

“That’s something to think about,” she said.

Well thank you. Oh, you meant...

Whether Viagra is allowed or prohibited, it remains illegal for athletes to use prescription medication not ordered for them, Mr. Tygart of Usada said.

That'll set 'em straight. Wait, that didn't come out the way I had hoped. Okay that's enough boner-pill humor for one week.