The hypocricy of athletes as role models

[brttle69]

Having watched as much of the congressional hearings on baseball (read: steroid witch hunt) as I could possibly stomach, I have come away with several thoughts on the subject.

Ostensibly, one one the primary reasons why these lawmakers consider the use of steroids in baseball such a problem is that young athletes look up to these individuals and emulate their behavior. While I will readily agree this is true, I fail to see why congress is stopping short at just the issue of illegal performance enhancement. Particularly given the overwhelming majority of Republicans now in the House and Senate, whose primary power base is the Christian right, I think it would only be appropriate to levy fines and suspensions for athletes that engage in innapropriate sexual activities.

It's basically an accepted fact that if you are the wife of a professional athlete, infidelity on the part of your husband is part of the marraige. Professional athletes are by and large profligate fornicators, yet somehow we turn a blind eye to how this particular behavior might effect our youth. How about congressional hearings on the issue of fidelity in marraige, because God forbid my child is led astray because some professional athlete can't keep his dick in his pants.

Time and time again, these lawmakers made reference to the glory days of baseball, and how the actions of our current players is a slap in the face to the memory of the athletes they so revered. Time and time again they mentioned athletes who were known fornicators and alcoholics, but I suppose these moral transgressions don't matter since they don't constitute "cheating", at least on the playing field.

I think it would be best for everyone involved if these athletes were held to a completely unobtainable puritanical standard. Hold them up for all the world to see, sign a spotlight on every aspect of their private lives to ensure that nothing they do might be suspect. And in the event the violate this moral code, make sure they are humiliated and punished, so that we can all share in their pound of flesh.

Either that or we could just teach our children right and wrong at home

 

[sweed]

AS is in almost every sport, it makes it more enjoyable to see records being broke and all I think... Maybe they should suspend bodybuilders who could test positive for AS... well there would be no more comps, lol

 

[Bruce]

here is the problem these morons have no idea about steroids. this is getting repetitive, but they think steroids are one particular thing that makes you blow up without training and is very harmful. they don't realize that science has generated a huge variety of juice that some of is very light on the body. its like they here steroids and dbol type stereotypes pop their head, they don't know winny, eq, var, and they don't know about pct and how much we know about what we are doing. in my opinion alchohol is legal yet when you become a binge drinker ruining your liver there is no post therapy to get you back to normal, we know our shit for the most part and do proper pct and steroids are not that unsafe. i think that if you can prove that you know how to properly use steroids that you should be legally be allowed to use them with a permit, this would eliminate dumbasses gettin some test at 18 and thinking theyll make the football team and commiting suicide when they don't. it would allow the people like us who are very smart with our use and are not looking to hurt others at all, just improve our bodies the ability to not have to worry about jailtime. anytime you have capitalist pigs though you are gonna do what they want you to do, hence the underground phemonmenom

 

[ironworker2]

The most ridiculous part of the whole athletes as role models crap is that some parents (and I've seen this) are more into the sports that their kids are playing than the kids are.
The fuckin parents are trying to relive their past glories through their children, and it's insane. They act like it's the majors.
Point is: these kids are pushed and pushed and told that winning is everything, no second place. The parents as far as I'm concerned play a very big role in their kid's decision to try steroids, they are scared shitless to lose.
But, in this day and age parents blame everyone but themselves. The real hypocrisy is that these parents that are outraged by the MLB steroid hearings, and the people involved, look up to these guys more than their children do.

 

[Mr_MAX]

shit they teach you... to be a man... a MAN should be big and strong... if you are not you are not as much of a man... is society.. not the athletes.... the athletes.. are just trying to be the best....

 

[theslime]

Having watched as much of the congressional hearings on baseball (read: steroid witch hunt) as I could possibly stomach, I have come away with several thoughts on the subject.

Ostensibly, one one the primary reasons why these lawmakers consider the use of steroids in baseball such a problem is that young athletes look up to these individuals and emulate their behavior. While I will readily agree this is true, I fail to see why congress is stopping short at just the issue of illegal performance enhancement. Particularly given the overwhelming majority of Republicans now in the House and Senate, whose primary power base is the Christian right, I think it would only be appropriate to levy fines and suspensions for athletes that engage in innapropriate sexual activities.

It's basically an accepted fact that if you are the wife of a professional athlete, infidelity on the part of your husband is part of the marraige. Professional athletes are by and large profligate fornicators, yet somehow we turn a blind eye to how this particular behavior might effect our youth. How about congressional hearings on the issue of fidelity in marraige, because God forbid my child is led astray because some professional athlete can't keep his dick in his pants.

Time and time again, these lawmakers made reference to the glory days of baseball, and how the actions of our current players is a slap in the face to the memory of the athletes they so revered. Time and time again they mentioned athletes who were known fornicators and alcoholics, but I suppose these moral transgressions don't matter since they don't constitute "cheating", at least on the playing field.

I think it would be best for everyone involved if these athletes were held to a completely unobtainable puritanical standard. Hold them up for all the world to see, sign a spotlight on every aspect of their private lives to ensure that nothing they do might be suspect. And in the event the violate this moral code, make sure they are humiliated and punished, so that we can all share in their pound of flesh.

Either that or we could just teach our children right and wrong at home

awesome post. I believe the time will come when it will be understood that using steroids isn't something to condemn

 

[LuCiFa]

Personally, i believe that no one really cares whether you or i die of steroids.
the society is so fucked up in its day to day dealings, that they need to feel good about themselves by trashing on others. they do this in the form of trashing the guy with a better physique and by trashing a guy who they can make out to be worse than they themselves are. politicians are just fuckin assholes who use this as an opportunity to look like they give a shit. just like they are doing with this Schiavo lady. they dont give a shit, this is all a fucking act, and in their act, otherwise innocent guys get fuckd.

so if you think this will end, it will never end - as long as there are people who need to feel better about themselves, cuz they feel like shit unless they trash you and me, there will be negative feelings about steroids.
same shit with weed
same shit with prostitution
same shit with war
people need to act to make themselves feel better they can never remain passive

so fuck it, and do what you gotta do,
and go fuck a politician's wife/daughter/sister to get them back!