"At this point I think (the chances are) getting better and better because from the Associated We are starting to hear, on the airwaves of talk radio Well, no. Baseball is still the national pastime, Of course Congress should get involved in issues affecting It would be tempting to take a libertarian position However, the deciding influence in determining our position Unfortunately, our enlightened media have So yes, Congress should get involved with cleaning steroids The United States produces the best athletes in the RALEIGH, N.C. – A member of the House committee that held hearings on steroid use in March says Congress may feel compelled to get involved in testing major league players for banned substances. "At this point I think (the chances … Continue reading ![](\"http:\/\/cyber.law.harvard.edu\/blogs\/static\/dowbrigade\/\narnoids.jpg\")
RALEIGH, N.C. – A member of the House committee that
\n held hearings on steroid use in March says Congress may feel compelled
\n to get involved in testing major league players for banned substances.<\/p>\n
\n of baseball’s inability to police their own players," Rep. Patrick McHenry,
\n R-N.C., said Saturday on the ESPN program "Outside the Lines." <\/strong><\/p>\n
\n Press<\/a><\/p>\n
\n as well as around the blogosphere, backlash against the US Congress for
\n spending so much time on the steroid scandal in baseball. Don’t they
\n have better things to do with their time, we hear repeated from both
\n ends
\n of the techno-political spectrum.<\/p>\n
\n part of the essence of what makes us unique. A baseball game is a distillation
\n of the American Spirit, and the spirit of baseball is in danger.<\/p>\n
\n the American Spirit. While defense of the nation must come first, at
\n least during times of war, defense of the values we are fighting for
\n must never flag. Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty.<\/p>\n
\n on this one, privacy uber alles, and say what consenting adults do to
\n their bodies is their own business and nobody else’s. Or to somehow diversity
\n pro sports into an au natural division and an unlimited modification
\n division, like car racing. This would present interesting possibilities and certainly
\n stretch the limits of science and our concept of what it means to be human.<\/p>\n
\n on this one is the fate of the kids. It would be disingenuous to
\n pretend that if professional athletes were allowed to use performance-enhancers,
\n that high school, college and amateur jocks would leave them alone until
\n and unless they turned pro. <\/p>\n
\n turned pro athletes into objects of obsession and de facto role models
\n for millions throughout America. This causes incredible and unhealthy
\n distortions in the minds of the athletes, in the aspirations of America’s
\n youth, in what people spend their time thinking and talking about, and
\n in the value system of our society.<\/p>\n
\n out of Baseball. And with the way sports are promoted, how "student"
\n athletes are recruited and treated, how much athletes are compensated,
\n and what lessons professional sports are teaching kids. Sports can be
\n incredibly constructive; of discipline, teamwork, character, mental and
\n physical health, local pride, family togetherness and integration of
\n different kinds of people. It can also be disturbingly destructive;
\n of the athletes first and foremost, but also of the emotions of the fans,
\n the marketing of human flesh, the concept of fair play and the innocence
\n of youth. <\/p>\n
\n world, but our professional sports system is eating
\n our children alive<\/a>,
\n and it especially likes minority children. It is rapidly becoming
\n a cancer at the very heart of the daily national experience. Somebody
\n needs to clean up the faded glory of American sports, but we doubt Congress
\n has the vision or the guts to do it. <\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"