The Steroid Scandal

[erpowers]

As many of you already know, a few weeks ago some of the people involved in the Balco scandal were allowed to make plea bargains that allowed then to not name the people they supposedly gave steroids. Does anyone have an opinion as to why these people were allowed to go with naming the people they provided with steroids. Is it that some of the people who would have been named are popular athletes and if those players were named it would really damage the sports they play? Some of the best and most admire/liked players could have been named if people from Balco had to go to trial. Even some players who are Hall of Fame bound could have been named and would have had to admit to steroid use. At that point some of their careers would have been over. So are some of the sports leagues protecting themselves by not allowing some of the athletes who used steroids to be named? I the athletes should have been named. I think fans have a right to know which players used steroids to get some of the records they hold.

[LisaM]

1. A lot of them played on the Rangers

While Bush owned them.

Can you even imagine if Al Gore or John Kerry had owned a business where a lot of the employees improved their performance by using illegal drugs (say, they were truck drivers, e.g., and were using speed) and then everyone pretended it happened BY ACCIDENT?

This is not going anywhere at the moment because the owners are going to be implicated.

Luckily, no one can really claim the Tigers have been racking up the records due to steroid use.