Who's Now in the world of sports today?? SportsCenter (and every other show somewhat related to sports) was dominated by the admission of the highest-paid player in the history of Major League Baseball that he used performance-enhancing substances between 2001-2003. Alex Rodriguez claims to not know exactly what he took, and that he was only attempting to “gain an edge” and justify his contract with the Rangers that could have been used to build FOUR Rupp Arenas, with enough left over for a new championship golf course.
Granted, $252 million is entirely too much for any athlete, much less for an athlete in a sport where even an exceptional hitter fails seven out of ten times at the plate. The amount of money thrown around in sports is almost as ridiculous as Tubby Smith not being appreciated at Kentucky, but those are two stories for another day. A-Frod cannot use pressure as an excuse for taking a banned substance. Everybody is under pressure to perform. Real pressure is figuring out a way to put food on the table, or scrounging up enough money to pay the bills…pressure does not come from knowing $252 million is in your bank account.
Despite his lame excuses and overall fraudability (ranging from his personal life to pre-Madonna behavior in the locker room to not performing in the playoffs), kudos should go to him for actually coming out and as his former manager Joe Torre said, “facing the music.” Maybe people will view him differently than Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens, both which deny of knowingly taking steroids or any other substance despite evidence pointing to their guilt. Or, maybe not…
Rodriguez has never been easy for me to pull for, and I think most other non-Yankee fans would agree. Now that he has been named as a villain in the steroid era, rooting against A-Frod will be even easier.
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