Former Mariners shortstop Alex Rodriguez has admitted he used steroids while playing for the Texas Rangers from 2001 to 2003. What's your reaction?
19 Comments
iRandal said:
honesty goes a long way....
JD said:
No big surprise here. Sports is a drug addicted enterprise.
The Man said:
Baseball has no integrity, no morals, no heart, and no soul anymore. These tests were done in 2003, and we are just hearing about them now?? Hmmm, someone is pulling some strings somewhere.
I am sure others also failed those 2003 tests too, but we are we not hearing about them yet??
A-Rod lied for years and only admitted it once his ASS was against the wall. That is NOT honesty iRandal, that is called CYA.
I hope the so-called Baseball purists will shut their pie-holes and realize there is nothing 'pure' about Major League Baseball any longer! There is more interity in Dog Fighting!
erv said:
by cheating it means there is one person at the bottom who lost his opportunity, so why shouldnt arod have to reach deep into his pocket and compensate everyone who missed by one spot on the roster? im sure that person might settle for whatever number is somewhere between the top and the bottom contracts then also get compensated by a portion of the money arod got from endorsements. he not only cheated and lied to the public he very well could have screwed someone who did it right. so is this baseballs version of the ponzi scheme? is he going to be allowed to keep all those hundreds of millions or should he have to give it back like madoff is?
erv said:
arods new nick name - Adoff.
Jan said:
I think he should be stripped of his MVP award, and any other moneys he received for endorsements during the time he tested poswitive!
Jan said:
I think he should be stripped of his MVP award, and any other moneys he received for endorsements during the time he tested poswitive!
C said:
He should be stripped of his awards and instantly be suspended for the rest of his career, plus an automatic ban on any vote for the Hall of Fame. That way everyone that cheats knows what the punishment is.
Cheating .. and you're out. They do that everywhere else in the world in sports (except in the US where they don't want to harm those precious characters and keep handling them with gloves).
I think he is a-loser.
Phil said:
Let's see..... Afraud leaves Seattle for Texas for one of the richiest contract in baseball. He's 25 years old. In MLB for 7 years. Afraud says he was young and naive. In 2004 and 2005 he denies being "juiced" in interviews. He leaves Texas for NY for the RICHIEST contract in baseball HISTORY. The only reason he has come out clean about being "juiced" now is that the proof is out there for everyone out the see. It was always about the money and ego only. If the truth had not come, do you think Afraud would have come out on his own and acknowledged anything? Hell no. Why do you think the players union was against testing? The union had no interest in finding out how many player were really playing "juiced". The union was more interested in continuing to get massive contract for these pretty average players. Bottom line is that as long as us fans continue to support and treat these players as something larger than life, these cheaters will continue doing what they can to cheat until they get caught and just say I'm sorry, I was young and naive. Pretty sickening!!!!!
AL GOMA said:
Who gives a flying fxxk? Half the population in America get loaded on booze or dope as it is.
AL GOMA said:
WHO GIVES A FLYING FXXK? HALF THE POPULATION IN AMERICA GETS LOADED ON BOOZE OR DOPE.
AL GOMA said:
HALF OF THE POPULATION IN AMERICA USES DOPE OR BOOZE SO WHO GIVES A FLYING FXXK ABOUT STEROIDS?
AL GOMA said:
HALF OF THE POPULATION IN AMERICA USES DOPE OR BOOZE SO WHO GIVES A FLYING FXXK ABOUT STEROIDS?
cyrixlord said:
Oh look, baseball IS fixed after all!
Why people keep paying the GNP of small countries worth of money to see these millionares play ball is astounding to me.
Actually-- maybe not as astounding as the apparent importance of our schools spending 90% of their budget (on fields, equipment, taylored programs, coaches, etc) in generating 1 out of a thousand athletes instead of 1000 professional math/science students.
Anti-GOP said:
The Republicans, on the other hand, have honed their economic message: Denial, Delay, Do Nothing.
Denial
It begins with denial. Former Bush adviser Karl Rove and Fox News host Bill O'Reilly opined in December that it's the media's fault. The said the press is overhyping bad news; the economy, they suggested, is not really all that bad. "So you are agreeing with me," O'Reilly said, "that there is a conscious effort on the part of The New York Times and other liberal media to basically paint as drastic a picture as possible, so that when Barack Obama takes office, that anything is better than what we have now?"
"Yes," said Mr. Rove.
OK. I guess if you're wealthy like Mr. Rove and Mr. O'Reilly you can afford to pretend the recession is a vast media conspiracy. But for the 3.7 million Americans who have lost their jobs in the Bush-Republican recession, Messrs. Rove and O'Reilly seem dangerously out of touch.
Delay
"Let's slow down. Let's take our time," said Sen. Mike Johanns (R-Nebraska). "Few things are going to be as important as this." Generally that's good advice. But with the economy losing 19,000 jobs a day, is delay really a wise strategy? Sen. Richard Shelby (R-Alabama) seems to think so. He told CNN's John King, "We could shelf this bill and start again. That's what we really need to do."
Do Nothing
South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford is widely considered a rising star in the GOP. He was even mentioned as a potential running mate for 2008 Republican presidential nominee John McCain. His strategy, again articulated to John King on "State of the Union," is to do nothing -- let companies, communities and families fail.
erv said:
on top of that they are using this mess to raise money for them selvs so the longer they delay the more they get. this is from thier web site.
____________________________________________
Help send a strong message that unchecked liberal power will not be accepted.
Our Republicans urgently need the active support of every grassroots member to help fight the liberal Democrats' plan to
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I am so sick of over paied so called sports stars.
they are quickly becomeing just like the gansta rap crowd full of themselfs
shoot the jucie puff the pot i could care less anymore i will not support the teams anymore.
Anti-erv said:
Hey erv, we all really hope that you and your ULTRA RADICAL RIGHT WING CON-MANSERVATIVES ARE THE ONES WHO NEXT LOSE YOUR JOBS AND YOUR LIFE SAVINGS.
Eight years of Radical Republicans have almost ruined this country, they have been stopped, but they are plotting against America and its recovery and they must be stopped. Erv and his gang of criminals are traitors and terrorists to this great country. For they want to turn us into a Christian version of Iran! Stop the radical right wingers now!!
erv said:
FYI
i am a democrat. no republican will ever get a vote from me so dont put me in with them. i also am not a christian nor do i follow any religion. as far as im concerned, religion has caused more problems that it has ever solved.
i put up that link to the republican web site so that the people could see where they really stand during this difficult time. they are not talking about working together they are fighting it at every turn and raising money at the same time.
if you go to obamas web site you dont find any of that. so stop calling me a criminal traitor or terrorist cause it just ainte so!
honesty goes a long way....
No big surprise here. Sports is a drug addicted enterprise.
Baseball has no integrity, no morals, no heart, and no soul anymore. These tests were done in 2003, and we are just hearing about them now?? Hmmm, someone is pulling some strings somewhere.
I am sure others also failed those 2003 tests too, but we are we not hearing about them yet??
A-Rod lied for years and only admitted it once his ASS was against the wall. That is NOT honesty iRandal, that is called CYA.
I hope the so-called Baseball purists will shut their pie-holes and realize there is nothing 'pure' about Major League Baseball any longer! There is more interity in Dog Fighting!
by cheating it means there is one person at the bottom who lost his opportunity, so why shouldnt arod have to reach deep into his pocket and compensate everyone who missed by one spot on the roster? im sure that person might settle for whatever number is somewhere between the top and the bottom contracts then also get compensated by a portion of the money arod got from endorsements. he not only cheated and lied to the public he very well could have screwed someone who did it right. so is this baseballs version of the ponzi scheme? is he going to be allowed to keep all those hundreds of millions or should he have to give it back like madoff is?
arods new nick name - Adoff.
I think he should be stripped of his MVP award, and any other moneys he received for endorsements during the time he tested poswitive!
I think he should be stripped of his MVP award, and any other moneys he received for endorsements during the time he tested poswitive!
He should be stripped of his awards and instantly be suspended for the rest of his career, plus an automatic ban on any vote for the Hall of Fame. That way everyone that cheats knows what the punishment is.
Cheating .. and you're out. They do that everywhere else in the world in sports (except in the US where they don't want to harm those precious characters and keep handling them with gloves).
I think he is a-loser.
Let's see..... Afraud leaves Seattle for Texas for one of the richiest contract in baseball. He's 25 years old. In MLB for 7 years. Afraud says he was young and naive. In 2004 and 2005 he denies being "juiced" in interviews. He leaves Texas for NY for the RICHIEST contract in baseball HISTORY. The only reason he has come out clean about being "juiced" now is that the proof is out there for everyone out the see. It was always about the money and ego only. If the truth had not come, do you think Afraud would have come out on his own and acknowledged anything? Hell no. Why do you think the players union was against testing? The union had no interest in finding out how many player were really playing "juiced". The union was more interested in continuing to get massive contract for these pretty average players. Bottom line is that as long as us fans continue to support and treat these players as something larger than life, these cheaters will continue doing what they can to cheat until they get caught and just say I'm sorry, I was young and naive. Pretty sickening!!!!!
Who gives a flying fxxk? Half the population in America get loaded on booze or dope as it is.
WHO GIVES A FLYING FXXK? HALF THE POPULATION IN AMERICA GETS LOADED ON BOOZE OR DOPE.
HALF OF THE POPULATION IN AMERICA USES DOPE OR BOOZE SO WHO GIVES A FLYING FXXK ABOUT STEROIDS?
HALF OF THE POPULATION IN AMERICA USES DOPE OR BOOZE SO WHO GIVES A FLYING FXXK ABOUT STEROIDS?
Oh look, baseball IS fixed after all!
Why people keep paying the GNP of small countries worth of money to see these millionares play ball is astounding to me.
Actually-- maybe not as astounding as the apparent importance of our schools spending 90% of their budget (on fields, equipment, taylored programs, coaches, etc) in generating 1 out of a thousand athletes instead of 1000 professional math/science students.
The Republicans, on the other hand, have honed their economic message: Denial, Delay, Do Nothing.
Denial
It begins with denial. Former Bush adviser Karl Rove and Fox News host Bill O'Reilly opined in December that it's the media's fault. The said the press is overhyping bad news; the economy, they suggested, is not really all that bad. "So you are agreeing with me," O'Reilly said, "that there is a conscious effort on the part of The New York Times and other liberal media to basically paint as drastic a picture as possible, so that when Barack Obama takes office, that anything is better than what we have now?"
"Yes," said Mr. Rove.
OK. I guess if you're wealthy like Mr. Rove and Mr. O'Reilly you can afford to pretend the recession is a vast media conspiracy. But for the 3.7 million Americans who have lost their jobs in the Bush-Republican recession, Messrs. Rove and O'Reilly seem dangerously out of touch.
Delay
"Let's slow down. Let's take our time," said Sen. Mike Johanns (R-Nebraska). "Few things are going to be as important as this." Generally that's good advice. But with the economy losing 19,000 jobs a day, is delay really a wise strategy? Sen. Richard Shelby (R-Alabama) seems to think so. He told CNN's John King, "We could shelf this bill and start again. That's what we really need to do."
Do Nothing
South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford is widely considered a rising star in the GOP. He was even mentioned as a potential running mate for 2008 Republican presidential nominee John McCain. His strategy, again articulated to John King on "State of the Union," is to do nothing -- let companies, communities and families fail.
on top of that they are using this mess to raise money for them selvs so the longer they delay the more they get. this is from thier web site.
____________________________________________
Help send a strong message that unchecked liberal power will not be accepted.
Our Republicans urgently need the active support of every grassroots member to help fight the liberal Democrats' plan to
impose their radical leftist agenda on America. Please fill in the information below to make a secure, online contribution in the RNC today to provide that crucial support. Thank you.
https://secure.donationreport.com/donation.html?key=RVNQYT2J0NAM
I am so sick of over paied so called sports stars.
they are quickly becomeing just like the gansta rap crowd full of themselfs
shoot the jucie puff the pot i could care less anymore i will not support the teams anymore.
Hey erv, we all really hope that you and your ULTRA RADICAL RIGHT WING CON-MANSERVATIVES ARE THE ONES WHO NEXT LOSE YOUR JOBS AND YOUR LIFE SAVINGS.
Eight years of Radical Republicans have almost ruined this country, they have been stopped, but they are plotting against America and its recovery and they must be stopped. Erv and his gang of criminals are traitors and terrorists to this great country. For they want to turn us into a Christian version of Iran! Stop the radical right wingers now!!
FYI
i am a democrat. no republican will ever get a vote from me so dont put me in with them. i also am not a christian nor do i follow any religion. as far as im concerned, religion has caused more problems that it has ever solved.
i put up that link to the republican web site so that the people could see where they really stand during this difficult time. they are not talking about working together they are fighting it at every turn and raising money at the same time.
if you go to obamas web site you dont find any of that. so stop calling me a criminal traitor or terrorist cause it just ainte so!