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Real Talk Sports primarily covers Football. But with all this Roger Clemens stuff going on we had to see if anyone else out there is thinking what we're thinking.

Steroids in Sports...It really seems to me to be an ongoing story of needles, lies, Grand Jury tapes. Why is OUR Government spending all this money, time, and effort on these athlete's cases when...
-We can't find Osama Bin Laden (probably because he's dead already
- We have a 3-4 Trillion $$$ deficit
- Our economy is stalling, killers and kidnappers terrorize our women & children, and our schools are making our children dumber every day

Here is what we're sure about MLB, steroids and the media coverage.
Most of the players involved in this Steroid debacle have LIED repeatedly about their taking steroids or having knowledge of steroid use by others. The positive impact on player's performance was so evident, and the network of silence so prevalent, no player was going to be candid even when faced with facts that contradicted their claims of innocence

Most of the MLB executives and coaches either condoned, knew about, or ignored steroid use from the beginning. We know this because the individuals who are now testifying against the player's are trainers who worked for the teams. The multi millionaire owners saw a sea of Red ink continuing to face them years after the ridiculous strike of 1994 when even the World Series wasn't played. Something had to be done. Cal Ripken's  chase of Lou Gehrig's Iron Man record helped, but Home Runs put people in the seats.
As we all cheered by the exploits of Sosa and McGwire.  Stadiums began to fill up, and money began to come back to Baseball. It was easy to turn a blind eye and deaf ear to the growing evidence that players were getting too big, too strong too quick. Who cares...Baseball was back

Most of the media coverage of the steroid issue has been selective, biased, and sometimes almost sleazy.  The comments about hitters like McGwire, Sosa, and especially Barry Bonds were much harsher than pitchers like Petitt and of course, Roger Clemens. And why now that Clemens has been totally exposed, is Bonds back in the news? What reason could there be for his Grand Jury testimony to be unsealed? How could info about Barry Bonds be inaccurate, and then "leaked" to the press?

What do you think about all this? Is something wrong, or as the Temptation song said..."Is it just my imagination, running away with me?