Congress and Steroids

[erpowers]

I figure someone has already posted about this, but it was brought up recently on the ESPN Radio show "All Night" so I will post about the topic. Should Congress be involved in the steroid case? Many of the people whose calls were taken argued that congress should be involved in the steroid case. Many of them used the reasoning that in the job they have if they used drugs they would lose their job. I disagree with the people who claimed that Congress should deal with the steroid case. There are many more important issues that Congress should be dealing with like healthcare and U.S. debt. The two previous mentioned issues are too important for Congress to deal with steroids. The sports leagues should try to prevent steroid use, but this should be done by the leagues with the help of Congress. Congress should do its own job. So what do others think?

[dr.zoidberg]

1. Congress really should not be involved.

There are too many important thing Congress has to be doing that trying to stop steroids in sports. I would leave that to the leagues. I would like to see the leagues adopt the standard of the World Anti-Doping Agency.

[jakefrep]

2. What bothers me...

..is that Congress isn't taking any measures to punish those who put "performance-enhancing" drugs in the hands of young athletes. If Congress is so concerned "about the kids," why aren't they doing that?

I trust the leaders of the major sports leagues to deal with their drug problems infinitely more than I trust Congress in this matter. And the way Dick Pound throws around unsubstantiated drug allegations about athletes (Marion Jones, Lance Armstrong), I don't trust WADA either.

[democracyindanger]

3. Congress is involved

because it grants MLB an exception to anti-monopoly laws. 'Course, senators getting to play sports commissioner has a lot to do with it, too.

Clearly, there are lots of other things they could be doing. But if they weren't holding investigations on steroids, would they be tackling, say, healthcare or poverty any better? I doubt it.