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Originally Posted by socalwingfan
Little OT but I've asked this question on other websites - why does baseball get crucified when a player tests positive, but NFL players are given a 5 game suspension and maybe mentioned in the bottom of an ESPN scroll? Yesterday you couldn't turn the channel without seeing a discussion on A-Rod, but Shawn Merrimen gets busted, sits out a few games and comes back like nothing ever happened. I turned from the MLB network where everyone was killing A-rod to the NFL network where some offensive lineman is benching 225 pounds (i'm guessing never saw the actual weight displayed) 40 times to win a strength contest.
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Sorry man, i don't mean to be a ###### here, but heres the difference.
1) the NFL or any other league doesn't have to do a "Mitchell Report" regarding all its players using performance enhancing drugs
2) Baseball is the only league where players, under oath, have lied to about using Performance enhancing drugs to the Supreme Court (Palmeiro, McGuire, Bonds)
I agree, that the NFL and other leagues get off pretty easy when there players get busted with steriods. I think baseball gets a bad rep for it because of the sheer volume of players that actually use it tho.
I think A-Rod is a hell of a player. Im a Jays fan and he swats homers on my team like theres no tomorrow. But the sad thing is now, no matter how good this guy is, he still lied, and used performance enhancing drugs.Everytime he gets a homerun, and becomes closer and closer to catching Bond's record, everyones gonna say "he's probably on the juice again". He might have a tough time getting into the hall of fame now.