I mean, look, who in their right mind is going to be pro-steroids? When Mitchell said that hundreds of thousands of teenagers are taking steroids, it's probably true that they are inspired by pro athletes.
But will the "US sportswriters" boycott the NFL for one week? For one day?
The Mitchell report listed 77 current and former players. As Tim Marchman points out, this is less that 2% of the players during the time period in question.
We know that at least 2% of current United States governors have taken steroids.
Would Schwarzenegger have achieved fame and fortune without steroids? I doubt it. Perhaps Lou Ferrigno would be the Governor of California and Schwarznegger would be applying green body makeup and making appearances at comic book stores.
California is home to five major league baseball teams and ... ummm ... a whole bunch of minor league baseball teams.
The State Government probably won't be involved in the creation or enforcement of anti-steroid steroid rules.
But can you imagine the irony if such a bill appears on Schwarzenegger's desk?
You want to inspect every package that is delivered to a baseball clubhouse?
How about every package that is delivered to the Governor's mansion?
I also have a suspicion that the $25 million (?) spent on the Mitchell report -- which accomplished very little legally or tangibly -- could have been more wisely spent on youth prevention.
If youth prevention had been the true goal.
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