Chris Benoit and family found dead

[ELA]

I've stayed out of this thread for a variety of reasons, all of which are moot now. This is a terrible tragedy -- period! Unfortunately, being that the WWE is "entertainment" and not a sport, thus it is not regulated as a sport, fall under any governing body, etc. -- there may be a very large gap where this falls into.

The tragic events here took professional wrestling to an entirely new, and disgusting, dimension. This was not a case of a superstar committing suicide, nor was it a case of of a superstar dying of a drug overdose or of heart failure as a result of steriods, painkillers, or other medication abuse. For whatever the "reason" -- and in my mind, there will never be a "reason" -- we now have a superstar dead, and more importantly a wife and mother, and a young child, also dead.

I don't know if this is something Congress can get invovled in and intervene. Allegedly, the WWE "wellness" policy has a very large loophole -- and I don't know if it's true, but allegedly, if you have a prescription for the steriods, then via the language in the policy you have a "negative" test. Perhaps that means that your test is negative for "illegal" or unauthorized steriods, but prescription steroids are "acceptable" per se. If this is true, whatever the case might be -- a massive and very drastic series of changes must occur. Laws need to be changed, oversight should be demanded, and there must be accountability. This needs to be continual and always improving.

A tragedy like this must not happen again.

Eric