Re: The Barry Bonds Trial
Us getting prescribed drugs are very different than these situations though. On one hand you could have a teammate rubbing something and telling you that you should try it (can see many young athletes just going with it w/o reading anything) and on another you have well paid athletes that hire others to read labels for them. Bonds could fall in either or both, and it'd make perfect sense.
I personally think he's full of ****, of course, but the excuse isn't as outrageous as it may seem. Also, consider that all of this was in a time where it wasn't taboo to take steroids so you didn't feel the need to have 10 people looking over everything you took to stay out of trouble. The whole idea of coming down on these players is actually pretty ridiculous. The MLB knew roids were being taken and from the top down, nobody cared. Then when someone starts caring, you can't go back in time and punish guys for what they did before that point. I've got no problem with going after Bonds for lying to congress. But as far as his place in baseball history is concerned, it should be a nonfactor. The purists should open their eyes to EVERYTHING that's gone on from the beginning of time and all the people that were using PEDs. It was a part of a game for a good amount of time and should be treated as such.
People don't like Bonds bc the guy is a dick, and with his arrogance and how obvious it seems that he's lying that just makes it all worse.
I disagree. What is the picture she's painting? Her ex is an arrogant ***. She's probably willing to paint whatever picture they tell her to. I don't see anything with sticking power. He told her he used? Well who is she and why should we believe that. His performance in bed declined. Come on now. I just don't see anything that she can offer to help their case without being backed up by others.
Us getting prescribed drugs are very different than these situations though. On one hand you could have a teammate rubbing something and telling you that you should try it (can see many young athletes just going with it w/o reading anything) and on another you have well paid athletes that hire others to read labels for them. Bonds could fall in either or both, and it'd make perfect sense.
I personally think he's full of ****, of course, but the excuse isn't as outrageous as it may seem. Also, consider that all of this was in a time where it wasn't taboo to take steroids so you didn't feel the need to have 10 people looking over everything you took to stay out of trouble. The whole idea of coming down on these players is actually pretty ridiculous. The MLB knew roids were being taken and from the top down, nobody cared. Then when someone starts caring, you can't go back in time and punish guys for what they did before that point. I've got no problem with going after Bonds for lying to congress. But as far as his place in baseball history is concerned, it should be a nonfactor. The purists should open their eyes to EVERYTHING that's gone on from the beginning of time and all the people that were using PEDs. It was a part of a game for a good amount of time and should be treated as such.
People don't like Bonds bc the guy is a dick, and with his arrogance and how obvious it seems that he's lying that just makes it all worse.
I disagree. What is the picture she's painting? Her ex is an arrogant ***. She's probably willing to paint whatever picture they tell her to. I don't see anything with sticking power. He told her he used? Well who is she and why should we believe that. His performance in bed declined. Come on now. I just don't see anything that she can offer to help their case without being backed up by others.
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