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Originally Posted by Cannon Shell
The fact that Congress is having hearing on this is troubling. The fact that this is simply political grandstanding over an issue that has no relevence to the American public at large and was not a crime comitted against anyone seems to have been missed by the media except in rare instances. HGH is readily available and just this morning there was a story on CNN about a Dr. in Beverly Hills who "specializes" in antiaging who admitted on camera on national tv that only about 25 % of his customers have a true medical need for it. If there truly are enforcable laws concerning this drug then they dont seem to be enforced. Despite my own personal enjoyment of the hearings there is only flimsy evidence that Congress should be involved with the internal regulations of a private enterprise. The NFL case concerning "spygate" is even a bigger farce. The fact that the NFL destroyed evidence on a technical matter concerning their own regulations after the guilty parties have been repremanded is NOT the business of Arlen Spector or any other Senator or congressman while they are on the federal govt's time. The constant threat of the antitrust excemption is just political bullying. I doubt that it is valid anyway. Other football leagues exist in the Arena league and the USFL and XFL were both failures. I personally find it troublesome that Congress has the time to spend on sports when there are so many other issues facing the country which are much more pressing but not nearly as interesting.
I mean is it in the best interest of the American people that we pursue a perjury case against Roger Clemens? What's next? Chuck Schumer calling for an investigation into the Yankees/Indians game that should have been halted due to flying insects? A congressional inquiry into the TENN/Rutgers womans game the other day when the clock "malfunctioned"?
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Exactly. At least with baseball and HGH, even though the laws aren't enforced, they at least have actual laws. The NFL thing is a complete joke. Not only are they not laws but the regulations of a private league but the guilty party already ADMITTED that they were guilty. It's actually beyond a joke.
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