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3 December 2004 - 11:07am
The following is an email I sent to the television sports talk show "Pardon the Interruption" which airs on ESPN.
From: David Warner
To: Tony Kornheiser and Michael Wilbon
Date: Fri, 3 Dec 2004 11:03:21 -0600
Subject: Steroids in sportsGuys,
You and your guests need to be more careful in your word choices when talking about the Giambi (and now Bonds) steroids issue. During the show yesterday it was remarked that Giambi wouldn't be stripped of his MVP award because steroids "weren't illegal at the time." This is simply not true. Steroids have been illegal since 1990 and are classified as Schedule III narcotics. What the guest meant was that "baseball hadn't banned steroids at the time," which is a completely different issue from the legality or illegality of steroids use.
On a broader point, this example just illustrates that fact that reporters and fans continue to hold athletes to a standard different from the one the rest of society is held to. Use of illegal drugs is a lesser issue because baseball hadn't banned them; hockey players assault each other and some reporters argue that what happens on the rink should not be subject to criminal prosecution. It's issues like this that lead athletes to think the rules don't apply to them. The
end result of all of this is the brawl from a few weeks ago between basketball players and fans.So please, at the very least try to draw the distinction between illegal acts and banned workplace behavior; they are very different things.
Thanks,
David Warner
Posted by on 3 December 2004 at 11:07 AM
Comments
I searched the web for "Todd Bertuzzi" the other day to see what became of him after his display of sneaky kung fu on the ice. I came across an article that placed the blame for violence in hockey on Canada. Maybe the legal consequences for violence (by Canadian citizens) aren't as dire as ours?
Posted by rkc on 12 December 2004 - 7:59 AM