Baseball and Congress

Ok, Clemens is a cheater. Lots of players were (are?). It has tainted the game. I hate it, but its a fact. And I wish more people would point the finger where it needs to be pointed. Bud Selig. Its been under his watch that laughably lax drug testing standards have been abused. Does that exonerate the cheaters? Not at all. However, if a stringent testing program such as pro cycling has, with severe first time penalties, had been implemented it would have helped.

Note I say helped, not solved. There will always be cheaters no matter what the penalties. But it would have helped and it wouldn't have tarnished the game like it has been. Oh, I'm a fan, but I look at most things with a skeptical eye now. And, I think Bud Selig is one of the worst things to happen to MLB, as a sport, not a business, in a long, long time.

All that said, what is Congress doing? I mean really, people cheated, bought drugs illegally and used them illegally. Don't they have anything better to do, say, help run the country? They are pushing back the latest hearing until February now. But, so what? Because of a he said/he said between Clemens and a poor ex-trainer? Good grief! The government is a mess and some of our representatives still have time to worry about this?

Why not just do what they did with the NFL. Tell MLB to shape up our we'll start looking at if you should have anti-trust protection or not. MLB has implemented testing. Its a joke system, but its still something. Congress needs to stop dwelling on things that happened a number of years ago now at this point and go about their business.

Hey, maybe with the freed up time they could accomplish something useful. Dealing with healthcare costs, Social (in)Security, energy issues possibly? Oh wait, that would require original thinking and the ability to not be bribed, er lobbied. Sorry....