so a lot of people have their dramas; i have sports. There is almost no professional sport that I can't knowledgeably talk about.
so when the average person here's steroids and sports they most likely think of baseball. immediately.
Situation One: Baseball, America's Old Past-time
Mark McGwire is on the ballot for the baseball Hall of Fame. The man's hit 583 home runs (top ten ever) and has NEVER been proven to have taken steroids. Is it very likely he did? yes. But he hasn't, so why is he labeled a horrible player and not Hall of Fame worthy when his statistics say otherwise.
Situation Two: Football, America's New Past-time
Shawn Merriman, last year's Defensive Rookie of the Year, is CAUGHT taking steroids. He gets a four game suspension and is STILL being talked about for this year's Defensive Player of the Year. No headlines, no talk about him being a bad player. Most writers are something in between"He's young and made a bad decision. He'll learn from this and be a better player." to "I'm glad he's back from his four game suspension. The Chargers [his team] will be contenders once again with him back."
Performance enhancing drugs are in sports. I know kids in High School that essentially took speed before and during every football game. And these were the model players getting all the accolades. And I know for a fact this is not a blip on the radar. I was even pressure by my High School cross country coach to take legal, but, in my opinion, unethical substances to help me run and recover faster. And he was told about them from a different coach from a different school who had been a coach for 30+ years.
bringing it back to baseball: steroids have been in baseball (and most other sports) since the '80s for sure. There's no reason Big Mac should be left out, especially without being proven guilty. In fact, I wonder how Ripken got his game streak. Steroids are VERY helpful in recovery; who says he didn't use any, especially with his good friend and long time teammate Rafael Palmeiro taking them. It's not just the big guys that need to be questioned.
i've diverged too much.
so when the average person here's steroids and sports they most likely think of baseball. immediately.
Situation One: Baseball, America's Old Past-time
Mark McGwire is on the ballot for the baseball Hall of Fame. The man's hit 583 home runs (top ten ever) and has NEVER been proven to have taken steroids. Is it very likely he did? yes. But he hasn't, so why is he labeled a horrible player and not Hall of Fame worthy when his statistics say otherwise.
Situation Two: Football, America's New Past-time
Shawn Merriman, last year's Defensive Rookie of the Year, is CAUGHT taking steroids. He gets a four game suspension and is STILL being talked about for this year's Defensive Player of the Year. No headlines, no talk about him being a bad player. Most writers are something in between"He's young and made a bad decision. He'll learn from this and be a better player." to "I'm glad he's back from his four game suspension. The Chargers [his team] will be contenders once again with him back."
Performance enhancing drugs are in sports. I know kids in High School that essentially took speed before and during every football game. And these were the model players getting all the accolades. And I know for a fact this is not a blip on the radar. I was even pressure by my High School cross country coach to take legal, but, in my opinion, unethical substances to help me run and recover faster. And he was told about them from a different coach from a different school who had been a coach for 30+ years.
bringing it back to baseball: steroids have been in baseball (and most other sports) since the '80s for sure. There's no reason Big Mac should be left out, especially without being proven guilty. In fact, I wonder how Ripken got his game streak. Steroids are VERY helpful in recovery; who says he didn't use any, especially with his good friend and long time teammate Rafael Palmeiro taking them. It's not just the big guys that need to be questioned.
i've diverged too much.
posted by Bruhaha at 9:51 PM
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