During the 1950s, the Chinese had decided they wanted to become astonishing at all sports possible. Win, win, win, and more winning. They called this their "gold medal strategy". The main man in charge of the program involved with making China win all sports at all costs, said, "If we don't reach the highest level in the three big balls, (Soccer, volleyball, and basketball) I will never shut my eyes-even after death". This man seems determined to make China a dynasty of sports or he's incredible at staring contests. I digress. For China to become a real force in sports, they concluded that they will need a skilled giant, basically. Chinese officials would literally scout for kids who appeared to have the potential to be the best at sports. When they found the child that they had hope in, they would force the kid to leave his home and dedicate his/her life to the sport that the country would choose. Sounds pretty fair right? Yao Ming's parents were both involved in this process and had to dedicate their lives as girls over 5'11 and boys over 6'7 would be selected to join the Chinese National Basketball system. Even after their playing careers had concluded, they were still forced to make sports their top priority in their life. The sports system actually had a national law in 2004 that said all marriages are decided and approved by work unit leaders. Yao's future parents ended up getting married, but here is where the conspiracy comes in. The Chinese government followed Yao's childhood as much as they possibly could. From the millisecond he was born, he was given no choice other than to try to become a professional basketball player. It was up to him. His parents didn't want this for their son, and if I may chime in, I do agree that this may be a little harsh but my opinion doesn't matter in this story. At 8 years old, Yao was forced to attend incredibly debilitating basketball practices. They wouldn't stop certain exercises until they couldn't breathe, raise their arms, etc. Wow. Fast forward a bit, Yao is 13 years old, 6'6 and he probably isn't loving basketball, but the decision was made for Yao to leave home and join the Shanghai Sharks junior basketball program full-time. They experimented Yao Ming as he wasn't very skilled at the time, and needed a boost. He was forced to take these nutritional concoctions that a man who was in charge of Yao felt he needed. These concoctions could help him improve as an athlete, but also could help him grow even taller. We don't know what is in these concoctions and we probably won't know. There's your conspiracy right there. There was an exchange between Chinese reporters that raises some uncertainty. Wei, the man who was in charge of all of the concoctions, was being asked questions. One of the doctors involved in the press conference had brought up hormones but was interrupted by Wei. Doctor says ,"Hormone treatment. Should we mention that?" Wei chimes in and tells him we shouldn't include anything about this, don't confuse them. The doctor then counters "It's a KEY ASPECT". Wei responds yes but he thinks there is no need to say it. He wants the doctor to tell the people it was just herbal extracts, that is enough.
Comments