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Beyond the sheer entertainment value of watching athletes and commissioners and union bosses squirm under the bright lights, there has been an oft- stated reason for the congressional hearings looking into the use of performance-enhancing drugs in sports.
When the latest group of sports executives is trotted out tomorrow before a legislative panel, be sure to count the number of times kids or high school athletes are invoked as the rationale for probing steroid consumption.
The theory goes that by exposing this conduct among big-time athletes, it will become less attractive to the younger, impressionable set. Nice theory, but in the real world, where these kids live, platitudes and pronouncements from the hot-air crowd in Washington have no bearing.
Full Article: Dear Congressman -- Steroids not among area athletes' big problems -- baltimoresun.com
When the latest group of sports executives is trotted out tomorrow before a legislative panel, be sure to count the number of times kids or high school athletes are invoked as the rationale for probing steroid consumption.
The theory goes that by exposing this conduct among big-time athletes, it will become less attractive to the younger, impressionable set. Nice theory, but in the real world, where these kids live, platitudes and pronouncements from the hot-air crowd in Washington have no bearing.
Full Article: Dear Congressman -- Steroids not among area athletes' big problems -- baltimoresun.com