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We all know that only baseball play...err Barry Bonds does steroids!
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ESPN did a special series today on cheating in different sports, undoubtedly inspired by the recent events.
For the NFL, they had about a 3,000 word piece on cheating in the NFL that mentioned steroids exactly once...and it was in this context:
"Most people think steroids, but...."
Shawn Merriman's name or suspension was not mentioned at all.
The Steelers doctor indicted for purchasing $150k worth of HGH was not mentioned at all.
Some anecdote about a 1960's college football rival where they stole hand signals was mentioned.
And it went on to describe several other cute anecdotes of gamesmanship, and a paragraph or two on ephedra as a banned substance.
See....the NFL doesn't have a steroid problem, it was solved by testing they instituted back in the '80s!!!. [img]/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]
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