My Favorite Sport Is Getting The Shaft....

[Fletch]

While baseball has no type of drug policy (Did they ban Steve Howe for life for all that coke at LaGuardia Airport, yet?), and a whole lot of NBA cats can smoke weed and get away with it, track and field will still come down as the main culprit (the drug sport) in the aftermath.

Big, broad, home run arms in baseball, but people still watch. But hardly anyone's at a track meet because of belief that every track athlete's on juice.

And who's the alledged supplier? A Tower of Power reject! graemlins/jpshakehead.gif

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Originally posted by Fletch:
But hardly anyone's at a track meet because of belief that every track athlete's on juice.That is not why people don't go to track meets.

People don't go to track meets because they don't find the notion of a few athletes competing against each other running in a straight line nearly as compelling as a whole team of guys doing something with a ball. No offense, but I do believe that is the case. The drug issue really only comes up on the public's radar during the olympics, which is the only time track and field comes up on the public's radar. I'm talking in comparison to the major sports (Football, baseball, basketball).

[Fletch]

Originally posted by DJ 138:
</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by Fletch:
But hardly anyone's at a track meet because of belief that every track athlete's on juice.That is not why people don't go to track meets.

People don't go to track meets because they don't find the notion of a few athletes competing against each other running in a straight line nearly as compelling as a whole team of guys doing something with a ball. No offense, but I do believe that is the case. The drug issue really only comes up on the public's radar during the olympics, which is the only time track and field comes up on the public's radar. I'm talking in comparison to the major sports (Football, baseball, basketball). </font>[/QUOTE]Alright, I'll modify: public perception of drug use is one of the many major factors plaguing track and field. Yes, lack of excitement may be another (although, 46,000 fans pack Franklin Field for Penn Relays every year, even non-Olympic).

My point is this: It's been alledged that athletes from other sports have been given this drug. But good luck getting a conviction or ban of a baseball player. Peace.