Poor Sports? Steroid Hearings Begin
The sports world is abuzz with talk of the House Government Reform Committee's hearing on steroids in baseball.
I'm of two minds about this. As a fan of the game, it's upsetting. But as a citizen, I don't think it's particularly the government's business. If they wish to investigate (and potentially prosecute) any players they suspect of using illegal steroids, that's one thing, but we all know that this is largely for show; baseball is going to sit in one chair, while government officials from a dozen chairs or so tell them how bad they've been.
Thus far, Mark McGwire's refused to name names, and has neither confirmed nor denied steroid use. Both Sammy Sosa (yes, the one from the Pepsi commercials) and Rafael Palmeiro (yes, he's the one from the Viagra commercials) have denied ever using steroids.
Again, as a fan, it's nice to see baseball under pressure to deal with this issue, but the court of public opinion was already pushing them in that direction quite swiftly. Baseball ignored the issue for a long time, but it seemed to have finally gotten up out of its chair over the last 6 months. These hearings would've made a lot more sense a year ago than they do now.
» March 17th, 2005
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