Work was slow today so I took off a little early to see my girlfriend before she left for work. She is a big fan of General Hospital so I got pulled into that. Right after that Oprah came on. I was about to take off because I can’t stand watching that show but I saw that Marion Jones was a guest. I’m sure most of you know who she is but in case you don’t she is a former track and field athlete for the US who was stripped of her medals after it came out during the BALCO scandal that she used performance enhancing drugs. She also spent time in prison for perjury after lying about it to federal investigators. It was only after she was caught that she even began to tell the truth. I’m not condoning what she did at all. She cheated and should have been punished for it. That probably only would have meant being stripped of her medals if she would have come clean during the initial investigation, but she committed perjury and ended up in the clink.
What kills me is that she still claims she didn’t know she was using "The Clear". It is the same steroid that has been tied to Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens. She swears she thought it was flax seed oil. Does she expect that anybody who has ever set foot in a gym will buy that? Flax seed oil can be found on practically every gorcery store shelf in the country. Granted it was back in 2000 but it was far from a mystery substance. Maybe I am in the dark but I have never heard of flax seed oil being injected with needle. Before I put anything in my body I make sure I know as much as possible about it. A professional athelete, who makes thier living with thier body can’t not afford to be so ignorant. She knew exactly what she was injecting. She claism she thought her other supplements including creatine, Vitamin C, and Vitamin E, were responsible for her better performance (you can’t tell but I’m rolling my eyes right now). I’m not saying that Victor Conte (the founder of BALCO) is a saint at all. He only blew the whistle when the walls were closing in. Now I think he is one of the only people who is telling the truth. He claims that she did a lot more than Clear, including HGH, EPO amd insulin. It is also important to remmebr that Marion Jones was not only found guilty of perjury but also of check fraud. She not only disgraced her country but directly hurt her teammates who also were stripped of thier medals. The least she can do is come clean now. Stop insulting our intelligence. The only good thing that can come of this is the hope that young athletes can see that cheaters never prosper (at least almost never).
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