So several baseball players are just NOW getting suspended for hot dope tests. Need I mention that these test were done MONTHS ago in some cases? The majority of these players were involved with a company in Florida called BioGenesis.
I'm sure it was just physical therapy, and yoga going on there...
The real pisser of the whole the is the apologist baseball, and sports, media handling of the whole thing.
I sat, dumbfounded, and watched the talking heads on Baseball Tonight, and ESPN nearly APOLOGIZE for having to call out Ryan Braun and A-Fraud for failing a drug test. It was like they felt bad for the guys who got caught in the web.
And in reality, you should feel bad for them, because THEY'RE FUCKING STUPID!!
In cycling, where if you listen to media, ALL riders are dopers, and have so many PEDs running through their bodies that a urine sample is likely to burn ones flesh if spilled, tests are done AFTER races, and randomly. And by RANDOM, I mean, dudes NEVER know when it's coming. Oh, 6am on Thursday, and you're sleeping? Knock...Knock...get up! I need to WATCH you pee in this jar, then I need blood, and hair too.
And cyclists are forced to fill out a file documenting their whereabouts. Going to NYC for the weekend, well, you gotta tell 'em. And it's not just pros.
Our very own Aaron Trent has to tell USADA where is...
In baseball, the CBA prevents these things from happening. The testers are FORBADE from showing up unannounced at players homes, and as for whereabouts, well...good luck with that.
Tests are carried out on off days, at the stadium, by MLB. They DO receive a little assistance from USADA, but MLB rules apply. Ergo, the tests are ostensibly announced in advance, giving the players DAYS to do what they need to do. Wolf guarding the hen house much?
Any drug test, short of DNA follicle analysis, can be beaten if given 48 hours.
Yet these morons still fail...
And the argument that PEDs don't help with the "skill" part of the game? Horseshit. You still have to run, throw, catch, and hit the ball. Sure, one must have "skill" to get to the show. I like how the guys are scrawny kids when they get there, and 4 or 5 years later, they look like they're showing up at the wrong stadium. Linebackers? Oh, you guys are over there...
Go back and look at the Bonds, Sosa, and McGuire. Or, just take a look at A-Fraud and Jeter...
Know what Babe Ruth doped with? Whiskey, hot dogs, and women...
And I wonder why I quit watching ball and stick sports? Wait, no I don't...I know exactly why...!
Fans don't care. They like waddling their fat asses into the seats, eating $8 hot dogs, drinking $8 beers, and watching the gladiators.
ARE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED?
And the $$ involved is obscene. TV deals, ticket/concessions/merch sales drive the game. An above average baseball player makes more in a year than EVERY rider that just finished Le Tour made for the three weeks...COMBINED.
You doubt this statement? Ryan Braun, who got suspended for the rest of the MLB season, will lose @ $3.25 million in pay. The entire payout for Le Tour was $2,675,508...using today's exchange rate of $1.32/Euro.
Look at Lampre. The team made $14,700-ish for the three weeks. Nine guys started the Tour. They each made $1650 for the three weeks of work. That's $550/wk!! Lampre's top rider finished the Tour with a time of 84 hours and 45 minutes...roughly...of RIDING. Blow that out, and it's right at $19.50/hour.
Yeah, fuck you baseball...
And let's not mention FIFA and the NFL, as their revenue dwarfs MLB. FIFA and the NFL are shuffling away, whistling...
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