Take off the Rose Colored Glasses!!!!

This just in, A-Rod took steroids!! I’m shocked, how appalling. ESPN, in typical sensationalistic style, reports the story in the format of US Weekly. I was waiting for a Madonna reference or red carpet photos. Maybe they should take the same approach when their employees are selling cocaine, see Michael Irvin and Jamal Anderson. Any fan who has watched A-Rod throughout his career was far from shocked when the story broke.

The national media will bombard A-Rod, Barry Bonds, Bud Selig and all of baseball for ruining the integrity of the game. They will take possibly the harshest approach of all by keeping the greats of the game out of the Hall of Fame, hmmm, is that fair? I say far from it.

Major League Baseball instituted their steroid policy at the beginning of the 2005 season after much scrutiny and criticism. The policy was really put in place at the direction of Congress following numerous hearings. I will not attempt to retrace the history of performance enhancing drugs in baseball nor will I speak of Balco and all the stories related to Victor Conte and Barry Bonds. Those stories have been reported, re-reported ad nauseam. However, I will ask why the National Football League continues to get a free pass.

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By: Scott Dryden
DFN Sports Staff Writer