The Mitchell Report
The Mitchell Report….
Have you heard about it?
It is a report the came out Thursday about the widespread use of steroids in Major League Baseball (MLB).
Disturbing news to say the least…
What bothers me and hopefully you as an athlete or parent is that it is not only in MLB.Unless you hibernate you are well aware that this happens in high school and college sports as well.
I have many friends who coach at the high school level and are well aware their athlete’s use them to get ready for the season. I also have too many friends who played college level sports and laugh about steroid use. ‘Everyone takes them. Even the girls’ is a comment from one buddy of mine.
They are aware of this, but do NOTHING about it.
Why?
We Can Make A Difference
We live in a strange time when it comes to sports. All too often when you turn on ESPN to get the latest sports news you are instead bombarded with the latest arrest reports and jail sentences for today’s athletes, not to mention all the talk of steroid usage. It’s a real shame, especially for our young people. There was a time when professional athletes were the heroes in our society. Those days are long gone and the heroes are few and far between. I fully understand that a professional athlete is paid to play the sport well and not to be someone for us to look up to, but still, it is nice when it happens.
