This past week we saw the continuing Major League Baseball steroid soap opera all over the headlines. This time you had Roger Clemens and his former trainer Brian McNamee meeting with Congress. Clemens was there to deny the accusations against him that he took steriods and HGH. McNamee was there to affirm his story that Clemens did. I don’t know who is telling the truth. I don’t know if Clemens took steriods. I’m not going to talk about that.
I was at the gym Wednesday afternoon after everything took place and, of course the topic was the Congressional Hearing. I heard one person ask, why is the government wasting so much time on this? Who cares if he took steroids? I think it is important that someone hold these athletes and the leagues accountable for steroid use.
Well speculated use of steroids by athletes and no one being held accountable sends the wrong message the youth of the country. It sends a message that there are shortcuts to better performance, fame and money. Students as young as high school are being caught taking illegal steroids in an attempt to increase their level of play.
The well documented dangers of steroid use are not talked about. These young athletes don’t always know the dangers of steroid use. And if they do, they think they are invincible, and it won’t happen to them.
More and more documentation is being released that shows that MLB officials and team owners were well aware of the steroid use of the past 15+ years and turned a blind eye to it. If the government doesn’t hold them accountable, who will?
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