Marion Jones will admit in court today that she cheated during the 2000 Olympics in Sydney by taking illegal performance enhancing drugs.
I hope they strip her of her medals and give her a life time ban from competition. For years and years she lied and gave interviews boldly stating that the accusations against her were racially driven and all the while she was immersed in a very complex cheating program.
Another pathetic example of winning at any cost....
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Heck, we can continue to lower the bar to make sure everyone gets a medal. We can turn our backs on drug cheaters like some think we should, but I'd like to think we took the high road and competed clean and set examples for our kids that decency, honesty and ethics mean something, even if it cost us a gold medal.
I had a great boss once who used to say, "I met a lot of people in business over the years that had ethics, as long as it didn't cost them anything." The argument that everyone else is doing it is lame....and does not justify the means. Wrong will always be just that...wrong.
I also do not buy the "I did not know nonsense". It is bad enough that they cheat, but do not add insult to misery by insulting my intellect by telling me you did not know. That is akin to a guys wife walking into the bedroom and finding him in bed with the next door neighbor, then telling his wife "it is not what it looks like". Ok, hot shot....I'm all ears, then what is it?
Heck, we can continue to lower the bar to make sure everyone gets a medal. We can turn our backs on drug cheaters like some think we should, but I'd like to think we took the high road and competed clean and set examples for our kids that decency, honesty and ethics mean something, even if it cost us a gold medal.
I had a great boss once who used to say, "I met a lot of people in business over the years that had ethics, as long as it didn't cost them anything." The argument that everyone else is doing it is lame....and does not justify the means. Wrong will always be just that...wrong.
I also do not buy the "I did not know nonsense". It is bad enough that they cheat, but do not add insult to misery by insulting my intellect by telling me you did not know. That is akin to a guys wife walking into the bedroom and finding him in bed with the next door neighbor, then telling his wife "it is not what it looks like". Ok, hot shot....I'm all ears, then what is it?
