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Originally Posted by nanwynnfan
"I also thought we had already cleared up the fact that basball law doesn't matter. Steroids were illegal."
Nope. You thought wrong. YOU cleared up that, as FACT, for yourself, which is fine. There are those of us who see the entire question as a bit more complex than that; and, rather than consider ourselves mentally challenged, all we have to to for relief is to look at the status quo, which has determined nothing and alleged much.
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it was an unenforceable rule. it left players to the honor system. that they disregared such an honor system doesn't give them a free pass. they got away with it for a time, and now they're paying the price. to me, they're all under suspicion. sucks for them, but it's the envirnoment they helped create. bonds, and mcgwire, sosa and raffy get the brunt because of their career numbers, their place in history, and the obviousness of their crimes (raffy being the only officially failed test).
if you've got other names of comparable stature, nan, that's fine - i'd be interested in hearing the case. cal maybe? hey - throw them all in there. just don't try and tell me bonds deserves better.
i wish guys would just come clean. it'll be interesting to see how mcgwire handles his pariah status. his only real hope at redemption is a little honesty at this point.
greed all around. these players make up the players union that fought to keep this out of testing. these players maintained a don't ask don't tell environment that let the cheats flourish, and pressured the clean to join in.
lets just not insult our intelligence and act as if it's all alright, or that we just have no idea.