baseball...congress??

[prayinforsnow]

this may stir some debate, but I'm curious as to what other people think about congress' involvement in baseball and the steroid investigation?

First of all I think that it is a bunch of rich a**holes sticking thier uppity noses where they don't belong. We have police and the FBI notice the I for investigation! that are chartered to deal with stuff like this, and I just find it sad that congress is wasting its time with stupid A** hearings interviewing players, and assasinating characters of so many in baseball, just to make some scapegoats, but they take months to pass a war funding bill to make the money available to our desperately underfunded troops. How about getting their crap together with outlining how we should use our national parks, and working out a way in which we can coexhist with those that would like to see our riding areas taken away from us. I'm just frustrated with the whole thing I know as well as everyone else does that steroids were being used by many in baseball, but there is absolutely no way to get everyone who did it, so why go through these hearings, ruin the legacy of a certain few, and waste our taxpayers dollars debating something that is pointless. Spend the time and money on something that directly affects the constituents you serve, those who elected you, rather than spending our money on your self serving interests as a baseball fan...
really, I dont even like baseball that much just something to watch when theres no snow

 

[letitsnow]

I think congress is waisting our money with the whole baseball thing. It's none of their business IMO...maybe they should work on our real problems!

 

[HawkShot99]

I am just pissed off that they are getting ASKED to please come talk to congress.

Me on the other hand, if I was under suspition of steroids I would be arrested and locked in a tiny jail cell, not treated all nie and everything. Congress should not be doing anything. Leave it up to baseball.

 

[Blisteringsnorider]

Opening up a whole new can of worms

 

[Gaz]

First, I am a huge baseball fan and think its time that all professional sports 'fixed' some of their problems, one of which is steroids. I don't watch my kids watching these guys who have been using steroids and think it's okay for them to do the same thing. It's pretty clear that MLB has rules against using these drugs but the players union won't allow the ongoing and random testing to take place to catch the guys using. The leagues are in a bind and don't have an easy fix to this issue.

Do I think Congress should be involved: Yes and No. Yes because of the postion that professional athletes are in and their influence on americas youth. No because there are a hell of a lot better things they could be doing with their time.

~Gaz

 

[POLZIN]

this is wat congress is best at "wasting our $$$"

 

[weetee]

Baseball, steroids, WHO CARES! Lets see some legislation to allow drilling for domestic oil, including ANWR, the building of more nuclear power plants, the building of more oil refineries, ect...... The list is endless, yet we have baseball/steroid hearings. No wonder their approval rating is at 11%.

 

[XC700116]

This whole subject gets me HOT!!!

first off the investigations - that is what the baseball commisions job it not the f-in senate. It's all about a bunch of district attournys trying to make a name for themselves while Pi$$ing away tax dollars and trying to Pi$$ in some old has beens wheaties.

Baseball - start fresh with the latest in testing and leave the past alone, make it clear that it will no longer be tolerated. If infractions occur toss the a-hole out of the league perminantly. This goes for all drugs and DUI's in all sports.

Congress - stop wasting tax dollars trying to make yourselves look good. Now the a-holes are going after hip-hop artists like timberland, 50 cent, and Mary J Blige. WHO CARES!!!! You obviously don't care about everything else they are doing from weed, drinking and driving, to Linzy Lohan and her coke binges while driving.

OK off my soap box now.

 

[XC700116]

First, I don't watch my kids watching these guys who have been using steroids and think it's okay for them to do the same thing.

Unfortunately this is exactly what they are doing. Have you noticed that they are only nailing the liers with purgery. If you admit it then your just one of the poor misunderstood overpressured to perform athletes. The whole thing makes me sick.

 

[tbuk2]

This upsets me as well. Congress needs to keep it's nose out of it. Just another example of how our government thinks it needs to take care of everyone.

 

[buck50]

just so i know, what exactly does congress have to do with baseball. one runs the country, allegedly, and the other is a sport, allegedly. who cares if the players juice up, other than the fans. why would the gov't even care 1 bit?

 

[Patrick]

As a former professional minor league baseball player from 92-97, her is my view:
1) This whole mess never surfaces if some club would have signed Jose Canseco and let him hit his 38 dingers (home runs) so he could have joined and retired a member of the 500 club.
2) Everyone knew what was going on. All the way from the Owners and GM's to the parking lot guy.
3) Bud Selig should resign because he's at the top of the mountain.
4) Even though it is fiscally absured and mindboggling, I do feel we need congressional intervention because of long lasting ramifications it can have on societys's perception of right and wrong. They need to make those who testify before them squirm and feel very uncomfortable. Most importantly, they need to go back to those who lied and send them to the big house.
5) The last thing we can afford is for the youths of today to think it's it's "OK" or accpetable to take Juice or HGH, end up looking like Mr. Potato head and have the impression that so long as you don't get caught, it's no big deal.
6) There are way, way more players who did performance enhancers than what the Mitchell Report published.

 

[buck50]

As a former professional minor league baseball player from 92-97, her is my view:
1) This whole mess never surfaces if some club would have signed Jose Canseco and let him hit his 38 dingers (home runs) so he could have joined and retired a member of the 500 club.
2) Everyone knew what was going on. All the way from the Owners and GM's to the parking lot guy.
3) Bud Selig should resign because he's at the top of the mountain.
4) Even though it is fiscally absured and mindboggling, I do feel we need congressional intervention because of long lasting ramifications it can have on societys's perception of right and wrong. They need to make those who testify before them squirm and feel very uncomfortable. Most importantly, they need to go back to those who lied and send them to the big house.
5) The last thing we can afford is for the youths of today to think it's it's "OK" or accpetable to take Juice or HGH, end up looking like Mr. Potato head and have the impression that so long as you don't get caught, it's no big deal.
6) There are way, way more players who did performance enhancers than what the Mitchell Report published.

i agree with most of what you said, but again, why is it any concern of the gov't. we need the gov't to tell us what is right or wrong. i thought that was my parents job! as for the ethical issues, that's the problem of the particular sport and again the parents. sending people to jail is fine, but that's the job of the DA, not congress, especially in a sporting sense. it's not like these athletes tried to sell arms to the contras or anything!

 

[sldgy]

Once again, the US government is the laughing-stock of the civilized world.

 

[dog breath]

I believe the reason why Congress is involved in baseball is that the federal government has given MLB a anti-trust waiver. Another reason is that baseball has done nothing about it for the last 15+ years yet did some token test when Congress started poking their nose into it.

 

[Patrick]

I also think part of the Congressional is them getting their "Pound of Flesh" for Rafeal Palmerio sitting before them, pointing his finger at them, waiving his finger at them and telling them

"I'll be brief in my remarks today. Let me start by telling you this. I have never used steroids. Period."