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What's up with pro sports these days? There seems to be problems everywhere. Is it the money that is causing all of these problems? Or has this always gone on but the reporters are are so intense these days that everything is coming out? What's the deal here?

Some current problems:

Baseball has a huge problem with steroids and performance enhancing drugs. There is a witch hunt going on right now on who used these steroids, people like Bonds, Sheffield, Giambi, Mcgwire, Sosa, are all in the spotlight. Also alcohol and baseball players seems to be a huge issue too. The cardinals manager got arrested for a DUI then one of their players got killed in a car accident when he was drinking and driving. Seems players like to booze it up after games and then drive home. In game coaches are going crazy and getting throw out of games more this year than any other year there are also a lot of bench clearing brawls between players.

Pro Wrestling players are getting killed before the age of 40 in huge numbers. Steroids and pain killers are apparently wide spread in this sport and they don't even test for them. All of the wrestlers look like they juice. A few weeks ago a pro wrestler killed his family then killed himself.

NFL Football. Dog Fighting scandel. Shooting off guns. Doing drugs. And so on. NFL players are getting arrested in huge numbers for various things. Pacman Jones gets arrested every week it seems. On top of this players like Sean merriman are still testing positive for steroids and other game enhancing drugs. Players like Rickey Williams smoke pot all the time and fail NFL drug tests. The NFL's list of problems goes on and on.

Golf. This week Gary Player a well respected golf vet said he knew that steroids had crept their way into golf and now he knew that some pros were using steroids because everyone has to drive 350+ yards on the tour to compete.

Car racing. It seems that road rage has found its way into pro racing. Drivers after races are getting out of their cars and fighting with each other like it was the WWF. A little while ago Danica Patrick a women almost threw down with a male driver after he cut her off.

NBA basketball. NBA Referees shaving points and betting on NBA games in connection with the mob. NBA players fighting with fans and players both on and off the court. Let me say that again: fighting with fans. That is crazy, going into the stands and beating on some drunken fan, that should never happen, fans should be allowed to heckle its part of paying for the ticket. NBA players cheating on their wives, sexual abuse, domestic violence abuse.

Bicycling. Blood doping, steroids, and any other game enhancing drug seems to be widespread in cycling. Floyd Landis the Tour De France winner for America was busted with increased testerone levels in his blood.

Hockey. The fighting has gotten pretty bad. Some players are hitting other players in the head with their sticks and sending them to the hospital, not by accident but with intent to hurt and intentionally send them to the hospital. Criminal charges were filed in many cases.



So I ask you what is up with professional sports these days? It wasn't this bad in the past was it? It seems like things have really gotten out of hand. What is causing all of this? Is it the money?



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