Idiots Write About Sports

I’m very happy that Skip Bayless and I are on the opposite side of the steroid issue — I favor a fact-based reasoned approach whereas he comes out in favor of panicky over-reaction — because if we ever found ourselves agreeing on something, I would have to seriously question my sanity. Today’s evidence that Skip has a tenuous grip on sanity:

…the next move doesn’t belong to baseball.

It belongs to Congress. The only answer is stricter steroid laws and a universal test for all levels of competition, down to sixth grade.

That’s right — sixth graders. Mandatory drug testing for people not even old enough to have a driver’s license — and all of it imposed by your friendly federal government. I’d say Skip’s column is a delightful parody of a ranting, over-zealous idiot if not for the fact that it was actually written by a ranting, over-zealous idiot. Depressingly, in these days of media-fueled anti-steroid hysteria, most people would probably agree with ol’ Skipper.

On the bright side, though, students could spend the morning in civics clases learning about how the Bill of Rights protects them from unreasonable searches and seizures only to have those same rights violated in the afternoon. So it would introduce them to hypocrisy at an early age.

Middle school kids are already being tested for drugs at my campus. Anyone participating in ANY extracurricular activity -- band, sports, cheerleading, student council, etc. -- is eligible to be randomly tested. I believe according to Supreme Court rulings, this is how the school district can get around the concept of the search being 'unreasonable.'

Bayless is an idiot. Just for starters, that drug test costs $50-100, depending where you live. There are something like 10 million high school athletes, do the math.

One more idiot sportswriter advocating the ridiculous.

Now now. $1 billion is a small price to pay for insuring that the nation's sixth graders aren't juicing.

Hiya, keedos. Rob from 6-4-2 here -- I didn't have time/think about it prior to leaving, but I'm here in Arizona. We're going to see the A's/Padres game tonight, but will be around through the weekend. Drop a line if you're out here and would like to hook up.

Already testing down to 7th grade at my middle school here in Texas. Anyone who does anything extracurricular -- sports, band, cheerleading, student council, drama, etc. -- is eligible to be tested at any time.

I believe the Supreme Court says the school district can get around the issue of an unreasonable search because the kid has volunteered for something beyond just coming to school from 8:00-3:30.

Nice to know that's where my school board has decided to put its resources.

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