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Originally Posted by hi_im_god
i love this defense of a completely broken down dysfunctional sport.
how many players has baseball suspended for steroid use?
i'll take the nfl -10 for whatever you want to bet.
the nfl put in enforcement mechanisms decades ago.
is the league drug free? no. did they at least acknowlege they had a problem and try to deal with it before it was so bad they had to throw their hands in the air and ask for help?
the problem with baseball is the fans. you specifically.
you lament the one good thing this sport has done. you're an enabler.
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How am I an enabler?? I have nothing to do with MLB policy and never have. I root for the cleveland indians to win...that is my involvement with the sport. My guess is more NFL players have had much more post career problems due to steroid use than MLB players. I have no proof to back that up...but look at the massive issue that MIke Ditka is brigning to the forefront with the disabilities of ex NFL players. I honestly think a big part of that is drug abuse (steroids or whatever else) by them masking pain and making them play with it. Lack of care of concussions etc. Rampant steroid use began in the NFL...WAY, WAY before MLB. So of course their time table was different. OF course they'd have a testing mechanism before baseball. Lyle Alzado was great entertainment back in the day just as Sammy Sosa/Barry Bonds and Mark McGwire were.
I make light of it...but MLB does have a policy in place now. I simply don't see the point in going 10-20 years past and digging up only selected names who used. The NFL never did that to my knowledge.
We are all enablers who ever watch a game I guess. So yeah I enable. Sue me. But don't ever tell me that MLB is any more dysfunctional than the NFL. If you honestly think these average 315-325 lb lineman and 255 lb linebackers with 4.5 speed and 230 lb safeties come by everything 100 percent naturally with only good hard work be my guest.