Brian Cushing, LB for the Houston Texans, has been busted for performance enhancing drugs.
He will get a four-game suspension and possibly his Rookie of the Year Award stripped from his strong steroid enhanced grip.
This story has barely hit the ticker at the bottom of ESPN. Does anyone think that’s weird at all?
A 19-year-old, no-name 2nd baseman, just called up from the minors gets busted for taking cough medicine and there are congressional hearings called. A star NFL player gets busted for taking steroids and it’s barely even mentioned.
I’m not one to throw stones because, personally, I could care less who is using steroids and who is eating their Wheaties.
I personally think the crimes against women, drunk driving and murder are a bit worse than taking PEDs to get bigger, stronger and come back from injury quicker.
I think that using HGH to recover from injury is better for all professional leagues. It allows your stars to get on the field quicker after injury and you sell more tickets, but that’s just me.
Baseball seems to be a little more up in arms about the PED issue because baseball is a stats driven league.
When people speak about baseball they tend to point at the long standing traditions of the game, unwritten rules, and stats. In every other professional sport the only thing that matters is winning.
People will blast Dan Marino for not winning a championship and say that it was his fault even though there are 10 other Dolphins on offense that were supposed to help him, but someone like Cal Ripken or Ken Griffey Jr. are considered great “Hall Of Fame” players but championships never get mentioned, only stats.
Sports writers, on air personalities and bloggers need to either crucify all of the players that have tested positive for PEDs or leave them all alone.
Sports writers especially need to get up to speed on these issues. No more “I’m not voting for anyone in the steroid era for the Hall of Fame,” or “I’ll vote for him because I THINK he didn’t take PEDs but not him, he’s a bad man.”
I say leave baseball players alone…by the way, it’s not the national past time any more. Stop acting like it still is.
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Football players are f**king morons that usually end up bring a waste to society once their pro careers are over …that’s why no one gives a f**k about them…roid up
It is hilarious to me that baseball players get strung up for using PED’s but football players get a slap on the wrist.
Ripken won a World Series, 1983.
Thanks for pointing that out Bill. I won’t count that though…Cal only batted .167 in that series (LOL). Seriously though, thanks for pointing out my mistake. Ted Williams would be another player to not win a championship and his stats are what reporters talk about.
Do they even give out an “At Least It Wasn’t a Sex Crime” award? Something to think about.