Steroids

With both Pat and Kevin Williams now going through the appeals process for their four-game suspensions handed down by the NFL for violating the league's substance abuse policy, there is a lot of "taking sides" going on right now.  In one camp are the "oh, steroids...suspend them up the wazoo" people, while others think "hey, maybe the Williamses DO have a legitimate complaint".  Of course, without being privy to the details of the case, it is difficult (i.e. impossible) to know exactly what is going on.  However, I usually find myself in the "suspend up wazoo" camp (even if it involves my favorite team).  The reason?  There is so much deception going on involving the steroids issue right now, that being firm on the issue (even if it screws a few people over) is, at least in my opinion, the best policy.

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Is Bud Selig still alive?  Where is he and is he even watching what is going on in his own sport?  It seems like ever since he gave himself his own contract extension, he has been hiding.  I do not understand what he is doing.  Players that were named in the Mitchell Report have told us they did   take the substances that were mentioned in the Report.  Andy Pettite has even held a press conference to admit to using HGH and apologized for what he has done.  But is that enough?  According to Bud it is.  No he hasn't come out in public and verbally told us this.  You could tell by his actions.  He is too afraid to punish these players because it was during the era he was the commisioner of baseball.  It would look bad on his part if this activity was going on under his nose and he recogizes it by punishing some of the stars of our game.  He will not do this.  He is going to look pass all of this because it was the Steriods Era and it is now a time to move on.  He doesn't care.  To his credit, he helped gain the popularity of the sport back by intorducing our modern day Incredible Hulks in the season of 1998 when Sammy Sosa and Mark McGwire slugged it out for the famous Roger Maris record which is now tainted.  Selig has made millions during this era.  Actually, billions.  He thanks the players for this.  They helped make him look better as they injected each other while supplying a fake realm of baseball to its fans

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With pitchers and catchers finally reporting to spring training, it marks the start of the 2008 season where anything is can happen.  It is a season where even the Tampa Bay Rays can contend for fourth place.  It is a season where the impossible turns into the possible.  Just listen to Ryan Dempster of the Chicago Cubs make a bold prediction, “I think we are going to win the World Series. I really do.”  Great, just what a Cubs fans need to hear, another prediction. 

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Things continue to get uglier with Major League Baseball as the latest Congressional hearing is being called a waste of time. California Democrat Henry Waxman, chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, said that the session probably did not need to take place.

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Former Braves pitcher John Rocker is back on our radar after making a number of strong statements and accusations on an Atlanta radio station Monday.

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d have made it to where they are now if they didn’t have a burning desire to compete and win. Steroids can’t create determination or instill a work ethic inside of you. I’m also sick of people pleading that it’s “for the kids.” That Marion Jones, as an athlete, has a responsibility to set an example for the youth in this country. While it would be nice, where is the parenting? Why must Jones pick up the slack of lazy parents? No public figure is responsible for teaching values to kids. It would be great if they all did, but holding her to a higher standard because she’s a role model is just another way this country gives bad parents a free pass and allows them to pass the buck onto the media, sports, and rap music. The more positive role models we have in celebrity life the better. But when people like Marion Jones let us down, that is when we need strong parenting the most. 

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