Comments on: For Congress, It’s Steroid To Heaven

by: Conrad

Fri, 15 Feb 2008 18:05:55 +0000

I can certainly understand the above comments about the fear of perjury being a valid reason for Congressional hearings, but A) They have better things to do (let’s assume for the moment that those include improving the country, not destroying it, as Mike A suggested), and B) There’s already a government agency set up that enforces drug laws: the DEA.

If the substances we’re talking about are banned only by league policy and not by the law, then these guys should be kicked out of the league or fined or whatever. If these are prescription drugs that are illegal to use without a prescription, then it’s the DEA’s job. I think jail time with heroin addicts and total defamation is a better motivator than having to sit through Congressional hearings.

by: jim

Wed, 16 Jan 2008 14:06:37 +0000

Joshua is right, lets get OJ out of the Nevada courts and in front of Congress. And while they are at it, lets get the truth from Brittany Spears. In fact, lets get rid of the court system and sent all the cases to Congress to resolve. After all what is more important , the war and the economy or whether some overpaid jock juiced himself to earn even more money. OOps, I said juiced which brings us back to OJ.

by: Joshua

Wed, 16 Jan 2008 07:13:24 +0000

Great point, Mike A.

I would add that, while it might seem silly for Congress to get involved with stuff like this, ESPN pointed out the other day that when it comes to getting the truth out of someone, there’s just no substitute for having them testify under oath. Ballplayers who have used steroids/HGH have had no compunctions about denying it to their teams’ management, to league officials, and to the media, because they fear the PR hit of being an admitted cheater more than they fear the consequences of being caught lying to any of those parties. Fear of going to prison for perjury, however, trumps both of the above.

by: Mike A

Wed, 16 Jan 2008 00:07:30 +0000

Hold on here folks. Investigating steroids and baseball sounds like an outstanding role for Congress to me. After that they should look into whether Yoko Ono helped break up the Beatles, whether red cars get tickets more often and if the 3 point line should be moved back in college hoops.

Its either that or finding ways to end a war that we are winning, raising taxes or more pork barrel spending.

Nope, steroids and baseball are the perfect distraction for congress.

by: jim

Tue, 15 Jan 2008 23:14:34 +0000

When did the constitution get amended to make Congress a trial court?

by: Joanne

Tue, 15 Jan 2008 21:39:52 +0000

This is crazy.. as if congress does not have any thing else to do… it is a performance enhancing drug… and I bet ole Ted Kennedy, and about 60 others in the senate use Viagra to improve their performance…

by: careylenn

Tue, 15 Jan 2008 20:50:42 +0000

Of course the gentle Congresswoman misses the only faintly legitimate reason to have the hearings….the anti-trust exemption given to professional baseball by Congress.

by: _Jon

Tue, 15 Jan 2008 20:49:59 +0000

After 9/11, they setup a *commission*.
But they investigated baseball themselves.

This isn’t a new form of ‘confusion’ for them….

by: Bryan

Tue, 15 Jan 2008 20:04:14 +0000

I’m with congress as long as all seat holding elected officials go through the same tests as the ball players. Since they are role models too.

by: Beavis N. Teehhead

Tue, 15 Jan 2008 16:57:12 +0000

Heh-heh: he spells “pasttime” like “Butthead” with two tees.