Well, it's so Joe
Posted: Friday, December 14, 2007 by Travis Cody in
These bloated drug cheats...IN ANY SPORT...are not going to get the message until we as fans stop making excuses for them.
I say to you, Mr Eric Gagne, that you had my attention between 2002 and 2004 as you saved 84 straight games for my Los Angeles Dodgers. However you are now a possible drug cheat according to the Mitchell Report, and those 84 games no longer mean anything to me.
I say to you, Mr Paul Lo Duca, that you were my favorite player while you were with the Dodgers, and it hit me hard in 2004 when you were shockingly traded to the Florida Marlins. However you are now a possible drug cheat according to the Mitchell Report, and that loyalty is withdrawn.
I say to you, Major League Baseball, fix your house.
I say to you, professional sports, fix your respective houses.
I say to you, sports fans, force them to fix their houses.
I say to myself, take the final steps to put professional sport in its proper context.
If the people who play these games for millions of dollars do not respect themselves or their sports, then why should I?
The Mitchell Report
Players named
Note:
The report took issue with assertions that steroids were not banned before the 2002 collective bargaining agreement.
They had been covered, it said, since management’s 1971 drug policy prohibited using any prescription medication without a valid prescription, and were expressly included in Vincent’s 1991 drug policy.
Senator Mitchell says not to punish the players. Bullshit. They knowingly chose to do something that was illegal. And they gained an unfair advantage over players who stayed clean.
Cheating is cheating.
I had thought the Players' Union needed to be the ones to spearhead the "fix" but I'm starting to think it could be the fans who can actually make it happen...