People love to jump to conclusions and assume just about every baseball player is guilty if they exceed expectations or have a great season, but with the NFL nobody acknowledges anything but the on field performance (which is the way it should be).
Look at Bret Favre, 38 years old and having one of the best seasons of his career, and all you hear about is how great it is that he has revitalized his career. In baseball if an older player has a good season, he's a cheater. I know that Clemens and Bonds are part of the reason these players are looked upon as cheater in baseball, but seems like the NFL just turns a blind eye to it all because they don't want to out a superstar (Shawne Merriman is NOT a superstar) and everyone sits back and accepts it. How can you not look at a guy like Brady and wonder if he had an extra edge? A backup in college, 6th round draft pick, and now he is going to go down as one of the greatest qb's ever. I dont think he used, but you have to wonder
2007-12-27 01:11:17 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sports ➔ Football (American)
I have to agree, look at Shawne Merriman, the guy tested positive for steriods then months later was in one of the biggest Nike commercials ever... now he is on the cover of NFL tour... THE GUY IS A CHEATER. If this was a Baseball player they would be booing him, and forget about endorsements. Im pretty sure NFL players are using HGH so forget about tougher testing, you cant detect HGH any way.
and what about NBA players? A big man like Dwight Howard gains like 40 pounds of muscle? Or even someone in the NBA using it for injuries is not out of the question. The mitchell report did not name Juan Gonzalez of the Texas Rangers... why? because GEORGE W> BUSH owned the team at the time... our President is dumb but not that dumb. Owners want players to hit 70 homeruns, it means more tiks sold. Good job mr. prez this is just as bad as whitewater and monica lewinski, and oh yea the Carlyle group. But all the players use HGH (with out using checks, straight cash homie from now on).
2007-12-27 01:26:32 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I don't think they get a free pass, but I do think that the NFL and NBA are sort of let in through the back door while steroids are investigated in baseball. Every now and then you hear of an NFL player getting busted. However, even though the NFL is the most watched sport in the US, baseball is still considered to be the "Great American Past Time." I think people are more interested in baseball players, seeing that in the past, baseball has been a big way to sort of get away from reality and enjoy life. With steroids in baseball, it's hard for people to do that today. Not to mention the fact that Bud Selig waited way too long to start getting more strict on his policy. I do see that the NFL and NBA aren't blown up more for steroids, but their policies are far better than baseball's. Most of the blame goes to Bud Selig though.
2007-12-27 01:26:25 · answer #2 · answered by Cutting Edge 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
wth is with these answers? nfl has a tougher policy? 4 game suspension is tough? that's cake. in fact, considering HGH is UNDETECTABLE with any current test AND the test that is about to be available has to occur within 24 hours of the person taking HGH, i'd say there are at least two more years worth of gaudy numbers by teams like the patriots.
steroids have been a part of football for a long time. even with "strict policies" in place, the league has a hard time catching people... they seem to catch more potheads than anything else.
i don't want to see huge numbers put up and flashy offenses if i've got to sit here and wonder if that wide receiver (or running back) is hopped up on some performance enhancing drug. the league has a drug policy so that it can say they run a clean game... when the game really isn't clean, that is where the sham comes into play.
2007-12-27 01:29:47 · answer #3 · answered by BulldogBlitz 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Of all of the major sports, the NFL has been the most forward thinking in their drug policy. The NFL has banned and been testing for steroid use long before any of the others. Currently there is no test for HGH. I'm not sure why you see the NFL as giving a 'free pass'. The NFL has been the model the other professional sports leagues have been following.
2007-12-27 01:17:47 · answer #4 · answered by ndmagicman 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Brett Favre spent most of his career as an excessive alcoholic, I'm sure he has been pumped full of every pain killer known to man be has had too many off seasons to cheat if he was reall cheacting and getting away with it do you really think green bay would have had a losing record?
2007-12-27 01:31:49 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
I am neither a fan of the NFL or MLB. I find watching grown men waste there time playing and getting paid for it moronic at best.
That being said I have often sat here and wondered the same thing as you are. Why does the NFL get a free pass on the Steroid issue. I think they are greasing the right pockets myself.
2007-12-27 01:16:06 · answer #6 · answered by cpttango30 5 · 0⤊ 4⤋
Keep in mind that it's impossible to detect steroids and other substances if the athlete knows what he/she is doing. I could make a juiced up monkey pass a doping test.
2007-12-27 21:56:15 · answer #7 · answered by musclehedz 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Because they have been testing for a long time, and they handle things correctly. Baseball is more about stats than wins, so steroids skews the numbers more.
2007-12-27 01:15:32 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 3⤋
nfl has had a tougher steroid policy in place for longer.
2007-12-27 01:15:42 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
This is lame. They been doing it longer and harder.
Brett Favre is a god.
2007-12-27 01:17:08 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋