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Add comment August 7th, 2007

Cheating in Sports Debate

With Barry Bonds only one homerun away from one of the greatest baseball records, there has been a lot of debate of the use of steroids.  First let me say that I think Bonds breaking the record is terrible and I just wish they could find him guilty of using steriods in some way shape or form.  But as I thought of how wrong this is and steriod use in general, in made me start to think.  Don’t atheletes cheat on a regular basis in some way or another???

How often do you see a basketball player take a small bump and flop to the floor like he just took a punch from Mike Tyson?  How often do you see a wide receiver catch a ball on a bounce and try to play it off like it didn’t happen, or watch a running back crawl for an extra yard after being tackled?  Watch a major league baseball catcher on every pitch that is not in the strike zone as they try to move their glove after the catch.  I won’t even start on the world of cycling….

I think you get the point and can name many other minor acts of cheating that go on in sports all the time.  So my question is when do we as fans denounce an athlete or call him a cheat?  When do we as “fans” say hey that athlete is cheating and we want it stopped?  Does the cheat or way of cheating have to effect the outcome of a game, break a record, or cause something else major to happen for us to cry foul?  Does is depend on who the player is? 

 Take for example the pitcher who gave up homerun #755 to Bonds he DID test positive for steriods and was suspended for a time.  Did we spend month after month crying foul about this guy?  Heck I didn’t even know or remember who this guy was and if he did or didn’t test positive.

There is a quote I have heard made by a couple of people in the NASCAR world, including former drivers “Everyone cheats its just a matter of who gets caught”

Your thoughts???????????

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