What message are we delivering?

I am not, and have never been a Barry Bonds fan. But if he held a press conference to say that the media were a bunch of self-indulgent hypocrites, I would be the first to stand up and second the motion. Why? Because he would be absolutely right. Not to go over plowed ground, but we are all aware of the overage, the books, et. Al. of Bonds/Mc-Guire/Canseco visa vie steroids. Everyone with a mic or a laptop has chimed in on this. Especially with Barry headed back to the Giants, and months away from breaking Hank Aaron’s all-time home run record. But what about his story from baseball’s winter meetings? The Mets are closing in on a two-year, $5 million deal for reliever Guillermo Mota. Mota, who made about $3.2 million last year, will miss the first 50 games of 2007 after failing a drug test late last season and by rules will not be paid during his suspension. And boys and girls, what was the suspension for? Well, MLB won’t say, other than it was for a violation of for using “a performance- enhancing substance.” Hmmm. I wonder what that might have been? Where was the media outrage? Take roids’ and cash in! How disgusting. You know, it may take us a while, but here at Suwanee Sports Academy we are going to change the culture of sports in the country. And we are going to do it one youngster at a time. The type of behavior that Mr. Mota exhibited and the current sports culture chose to ignore is so abhorrent it embarrasses me as a broadcaster. Stories like this only steal our resolve here to do things the right way. There is a better way. It’s in our mission statement. Thanks for your trust in us.

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