Roid Rage

[JamStone]

I think pro athletes get vilified when they are jackasses and lie. Giambi and Pet te "came clean" with their steroids use, or at least didn't go around doing the "I absolutely and unequivocally never took steroids" song and dance. And, while they were reported on, in both of those cases, it stopped being newsworthy once they apologized publicly. But, guys like Bonds and Clemens and Palmeiro and Sosa and A-Rod, they publicly went on the defensive to deny the claims. Once they were proven to have lied, that's where they really get bashed.

NFL players don't really deny taking steroids when they are alleged or implicated. That's why we accept that they do it. A lot of the MLB players who are implicated go out of their way to try to deny it, and so when it's found out that they did it, they look like complete jackasses. That's more newsworthy to the media for some reason.

[mookie2001]

I jump in on these arguments because the media has its failings (and I'm part of the media, too), but call them out on those, don't call them out on something that has far less precedence.

tpark is right





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