AP source: Armstrong tells Oprah Winfrey he doped
At the beginning of this commentary I confess to not being a big sports enthusiast. I watch three to four football games each year. UCLA vs. USC, the Rose Bowl, the Super Bowl and one more time at random. I watch the World Series and the NBA finals.
I believe that the professional teams know that some of their players are using drugs to enhance their performance. They just don’t want to confront the issue. After all a Barry Bonds hitting run after run draws larger crowds to the games and that translates to more money.
Are all extraordinary performances the result of drugs? Of course not. However, if owners of clubs want to sustain their reputations they need to enforce the rules that they have created.
As to the Tour de France bike race. This is supposed to be an amateur race but clearly there is significant money to be earned. Besides the prizes that are as high as €450,000($601,000 USD) and there are the salaries for pro team riders that range as high as €190,000. The Seattle Times reported, “Amid a booming market for TV sports rights, the Tour could be worth as much as $1 billion, says Conor O’Shea, a media analyst in Paris at Kepler Capital Markets. Is it any wonder that Lance Armstrong would be taking drugs to win?”
Where are the screeners who check for drug use? Where are the owners, managers, and others who are responsible for keeping sports drug free? The answer is simple. Money and fame are more important than honesty.
Who cares? Not many people. They watch the sports for entertainment. The public will ultimately abandon events that are not honest. Example: no one in America takes wrestling (WWE) seriously because it is thought of as pre-planned entertainment.
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good piece!