Saturday, February 14, 2009

Bigger than the Game

How long is it going to take for all 104 names on the positive list of steroid users in baseball to be released?
Considering there names were never to be released and it was suppose to be done totally anonymously. I honestly don't really care, if all the names are ever released. At the time of the testing, was it illegal in the sport of baseball, I don't think so, so I will never understand what the fuss is all about.
The image of sport enhancement users has always been slighted. A prime example would be the ESPN produced, television show that aired in 2003, but only for one season. "Playmakers" was the name of the show, it was a hit and many people enjoyed watching the storyline develop throughout the season. The NFL players and league considered it to be totally fiction, and none of the nonsense (steroids, illegal drug use, assault, etc) hasn't and wouldn't ever happen in the NFL. When a person is guilty, they tend to attempt to cover things up or completely eliminate the issue.
The NFL got lucky when ESPN decided not to create a second season due to criticism from the players association and the league.
If it is important for the United States government to prosecute; Barry Bonds, Miguel Tejada, Alex Rodriguez, and whoever in this world that has ever taken advantage of an opportunity to be the best, than I am not sure that the United States priorities are totally in order.
How about this national debt and economic problem that we currently live in, why don't we check with some of these athletes and see if they would fill some of the economic void? Being mean and throwing their names under the bus of accusations, isn't going to score any points with the specific athletes.
Another issue at hand, in America is the war/conflicts that the United States is still taking part in. If you really want to punish the athletes that are being publicly belittled, why not send them to fight for their country. Oh, wait a minute there was a multimillionaire athlete that fought for his country, Pat Tillman, and he unofficially, supposedly got killed by friendly fire.
I think there are bigger issues than athletes and their pill popping or medicial practices in America. Is there any sense of privacy anymore?
Prime example is the Michael Phelps picture of smoking illegal drugs. People are human and they make mistakes. In the past, there have been attempts to legalize marijuana, and we as a society continue to jump on his back for messing up near a camera. He won't even be able to swim, he will sink with everybody that is currently criticizing him for one simple mistake. But then with technology where it is, in this day and age, where can a person go that there isn't a camera?

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