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1 7 - 0 3 - 2 0 0 5 Anabolenschandaal baseball levensgroot zichtbaar op hearing
De anabolenhearings van de Amerikaanse senaat - ze duurden elf uur - hebben een ontluisterend beeld geschetst van de meest geliefde sport van Amerika. Amerika is geschokt, blijkt uit de commentaren in Amerikaanse media.
Mark McGwire wilde niks wil zeggen over zijn gebruik of dat van anderen. "I'm not here to discuss the past. I'm here to be positive about this subject." (Bloomberg, 17/03/2005)
Een schuldbekentenis, aldus Mark Purdy van de Mercury News. "The great home run hitter was pale. His voice caught. He was wearing reading glasses down low on his nose, and seemed to be blinking back tears. Trying to compose himself, McGwire took a sip from a small bottle of water. His utter and complete agony seeped through the television screen." (Mercury News, 17/03/2005)
Hard? Niet als je het vergelijkt met wat de ouders van Taylor Hooton, de zeventienjarige anabolengebruiker die zelfmoord pleegde, de baseballspelers voor de voeten wierpen.
"Our kids know that the use of anabolic steroids is high amongst professional athletes. It's a real challenge for parents to overpower the strong message that's being sent to our children by your behavior."
"Not only that, you are cowards when it comes to facing your fans and our children. Why don't you behave like we try to teach our kids to behave? Show our kids that you're man enough to face authority, tell the truth and face the consequences. Instead, you hide behind the skirts of your union, and with the help of management and your lawyers, you've made every effort to resist facing the public today." (SportsNetwork, 17/03/2005)
De messageboard van GetBig.com heeft verbolgen op de verhoren gereageerd. "This asshole should be blamming [sic] his bad parenting for his dipshit son's suicide", aldus VikingPower over de verklaring van Hooton. "Not scapegoating pro baseball players." En elders: "I want you to find this guy and kick his ass."
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[Definitie:] "An ergogenic aid is any substance or phenomenon that enhances performance."
(Wilmore and Costill) 
