Updates: And the Steroid Witchhunt continues.....

So, as you may very well have noticed, there has been no action on this blog for a long time. The reason for that is that I was studying for the Minnesota Bar Exam, now that the exam is over, I will be blogging at least once a week, so without further ado....the next installment of this blog.

Recently one of the stellar athletes on the New York Mets, shortstop, Jose Reyes, met with federal investigators, including members of the FBI, to talk about his contact with suspected steroid doctor, Dr. Anthony Galea. Apparently Mr. Reyes met with the good doctor and had some blood oxygenated and then put back in his body, Reyes denied that Galea ever put HGH in his blood or the drug, Actovegin. "Blood Spinning," as it is sometimes called, is the process of taking blood from an athlete, spinning it very quickly in a machine that helps to activate the blood platelets, and then the blood is put back into the athlete. There is some evidence to suggest this therapy will help athletes heal easier.

My big concern here isn't what Jose Reyes did or did not do. Frankly, I am very concerned about the continuing witch hunt here. I have yet to hear any evidence that suggests that the damage done by people who want to put steroids in their body are so harmful that it is worth the resources we are putting into the investigations and prosecutions. I have not seen any evidence that these actions have done anything besides try to shame athletes, and protect the "good" name of baseball and the other professional sports associations. I have not seen how this has done any good, yet it continues, somehow there seems to be continuing political will to do these things. `With rampant unemployment, and an economy that by anyone's estimates is falling into the core of the earth, we are concerned with steroids, seriously?

Further, I read that Jose Reyes didn't mind talking to the feds, as he "has nothing to hide." Are you an absolute idiot....of course you have something to hide. And even if Fine Mr. Reyes doesn't, just because you didn't something wrong doesn't mean you need to offer additional information to these zealous officers. I mean most normal folks around the country have done anything wrong either, but my guess is that if the police came banging on their door, and wanted to talk to them about their doctor, they probably either wouldn't comply or would darn well bring their attorney.

Maybe Reyes is concerned with how bringing an attorney with him would look, but when you have a painful tooth you don't go to your accountant, because you're worried the neighbors might know you eat too many snicker's, you go to dentist, because you want to keep your teeth. Now, if I were in his position, with all of his vast wealth, you can be assured I would bring my overpaid attorney to this little witch hunt meeting. Now I am sure, these fine FBI agents gave him assurances that they were not wanting to persecute him, but I imagine they told Barry Bonds that too. The fact is that these agents, and politicians get more legitimacy for this illegitimate, completely baseless investigation, with every high profile scmuck that gets caught in their net. That, I would submit, is why we don't hear much about minor league players, or high school seniors getting "caught in the net."

This will not end until either they get tired of this, or the public gets a stomach and starts imposing their political will, and political realities on these self appointed, moral idealogues, that are passing judgment in Washington D.C. The people who continue this stupidity are not showing their allegiance to either the rule of law or their love of the game. If no one else will stand up, and call them out, they will get it here, they will get their just deserts on this blog until it ends.

As always, keep the law on your side and sports on your mind.

The Sport Law Blogger
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