In what way is taking banned substances to improve performance under false pretenses at al; comparable to finding an anonymous bill on the ground?
I don't think that specific comparison is a good one, but there are others that work better. Most directly, how many college students have taken Adderall (illegal w/o a prescription) to perform better on an exam? (Answer: A lot.) Or, for more general examples of "cheating": How many people have committed adultery (or cheated on a significant other)? How many have cheated the IRS by not declaring income made under the table? Since we're talking about honesty here, why can't people just be honest that most of the grandstanding is caused by the fact that it's a very unlikable Yankee player who got caught, as opposed to having their personal values affronted?
Well, for starters it wasn't banned by baseball when he took it, second it was able to be legally bought over the counter anywhere in the country he bought it but most importantly it's just about cheating. Whether it's in sports, in life or in your job just about everybody does it to get ahead and to listen to this so called moral outrage is just hilarious. The worst is Selig..he has the audacity to say Arod shamed baseball when Selig himself was more responsible than anybody else on the planet for letting the problem get out of hand. He knew exactly what was going on in the mid 90s when Bond's head was growing about 1 hat size a year and chose to ignore it for the next 9 years. The funniest of all is that he acts surprised, like he doesn't know every single name on that list of 104. It's all just a joke.
as far as I am concerned, every player that took the test in 2003 is a user until they have their results released to prove otherwise. 102 other players popped positive, and yet Arod is the only story? that's ludicrous. if I was clean, I'd fight tooth and nail to have my test results released to make sure there was no confusion about whether I took anything. only a using player would fight to have those results kept locked up. Arod isn't a big story to me, he is just 1 of 103 other players who were caught using as well.
Incorrect. Selig is 4th out of the 4 major parties responsible. First is the players. They were the ones actually taking it. Second is their union which fought testing for so long. Third is the owners for allowing it to go on in their franchises and purposely appointing a weak commissioner. Selig is then fourth. Don't get me wrong, he's a terrible commissioner, but that's what the owners wanted. He was pretty powerless against the union.
I don't agree, I would place Selig 3rd because it is his job to insure what is best for baseball as a whole for the long term. The owners may look the other way because it is helping their revenue stream. But they pay Selig to ensure what is best for them all. Also, I would throw the Media in at #5 because they certainly could have worked harder and done more to stop this. Remember Mcguire had andro in his locker in 98' but they didn't look any deeper into it.
By the way, I would highly recommend that everyone read this post. It does a good job of explaining why I have a hard time with the sensationalized coverage of this.
hahahahahah no wonder I dont remember him with the twins....he was one third his size and had a different name
