Past Steroid usage in baseball=Outrage. Controversy. Firestorm.
Past Steroid usage in football=Ehhhh. Move along.
Granted, Mandarich sucked as a pro, but it is fascinating how steroid use is treated in football and baseball.
Granted, Mandarich sucked as a pro, but it is fascinating how steroid use is treated in football and baseball
I thought about this statement and some might not agree with my opinion on this but I'm going to give it anyways.
In football, the name of the game is pretty much "brute strength". Sure, you have to be fast and agile but the majority of plays that takes place in football is all about who the stronger person is and taking advantage of that and if a player is using steriods, it's not really something where it's going to be the sole reason as to why a team won or loss.
In baseball, even though it may be a team sport, an individual player may be the main reason as to why a team won or loss instead of it being a true collective effort. Of course it is a team sport, don't get it twisted, but if both teams are tied in the 9th inning with two outs and (for arguments sake, let's just say) the cleanup hitter is on and he bangs out a 3-2 pitch out of the ballpark, nowadays people will speculate whether that player is juicing or not.
No one questions whether the left tackle on the offensive line for the Dallas Cowboys is juicing because IMO, no one really cares since that player isn't going to be the reason as to why a team is winning or losing...or at least no one thinks so because he's not the main attraction.
