Marion Jones admits steroid use

Are you so gullable to think it was just two drops! Imagine every athlete who trained naturally to win, and she was cheating the whole time! how you do you compensate for that. she took EVERTHING away from EVERY other athlete competing! Then the Olympics! All the bonus money, the publicity, the fame of winning like she did. She needs to go to prison! for a long time!

The way i see it is that by saying she didn't know she was taking steroids is her only way out.

If she outright admits to knowingly taking steroids, then that opens the flood gates for litigation against her. Imagine how PISSED Nike is right now for blowing millions of dollars on her? They would have enough evidence just in the letter alone to sue her for millions if she said she knowlingly used. Same with all of the other people she has scammed: meet directors, athletes, the IAAF, a lot of people.

The bottom line is that she has to admit to whatever she knows the government can prove. I guess, from the evidence shown to her, they can't prove that she KNEW she was taking steroids. So that's her way out, her way to save face, and to prevent massive litigation against her.

It seems she is using the same tactic with the check writing scheme. She is pleading ignorant about the whole thing, which actually may be the case since it was one small occasion, but I highly doubt it's the case for the steroid abuse, especially after the EPO positive last year.

Perhaps she also feels like this way there may be some small hope of hanging onto her medals, but i highly doubt it.

I for one hope that she does get sued left right and center.

What's to sue: You will incur expenses and there is no blood in that stone -- unless there is a big book contract. You could wait but there is also a statue of limitations which is not all that long in these cases, I think.

Well, knock me over with a feather!

Stating the obvious for dramatic effect: her track career is officially done.

Typical of a Criminal to blame everyone else and then play the Victim.

We ALL had a Tough Life.

If she was so sorry she would Hand in all her Proceeds from the Sport and Retire.

Any less than that means she is full of it.

I haven't read all of the other posts but I'd doubt that Marion is telling the whole truth about taking steroids since 1999. I remember her being awesome in 1997, so it makes sense that she was on PED's back then or earlier. If she got to the level that she did in Athens '97 without illegal help then she is an even bigger fool to have started taking steroids in 1999. If she wasn't on them before '99, then I would argue that they could have only given her the smallest advantage. An advantage that she didn't need if you look at her margins of victory in Sydney 2000.

"Imagine how PISSED Nike is right now for blowing millions of dollars on her?"

Say what? I hope that is tongue-in-cheek. Seems like all the good cheaters are Nike athletes. While reading the thread, I was going to reply to the poster who said she'd gotten herself in with the wrong crowd by saying "Yeah, Nike!".

Also I think the poster a few back is right, she wanted this letter out. No need to whoop-up on any family members.

The way I see it, if you thought Marion was clean years ago, you're head is in the sand. Get over it. Athletes take drugs. All of them. You don't have to believe this. After reading this thread, I can see that many do not. But to be shocked or angered that she took drugs to win a competition is really just a reflection of how naive you actually are.

Marion Jones should be acknowledged for being the best and earning gold medals. Every athlete she competed against was also using PEDs so the best athlete won.

gotta love it, right? ...two drops under the tongue of this "flaxseed" oil, and lo-and-behold, I feel incredibly better! Who ever thought plain-old flax could do this?! Geez, Marion, and all this time you thought flax was for cholesterol and what-not!

1. 1996 she was watching the games from the stands.

2. 1997 she is World Champ. Everyone that knows track knew then.

3. She is out of money and will take her punishment.

4. She most likely be paid lots of money to speak out against drugs to kids.

5. Doing this she will most likely make more money then most of the clean athletes that did it right for many years in the sport.

6. I think she will end up cheating on the other side to save her butt. She has no other choice.

Moes Tavern wrote:

kosovo12 wrote:

Isn't American manufacturers of these drugs? And they are now selling to everyone? Sad for the sport.

You don't read the news much, do you.

China is the big manufacturer of this, then they ship it to all over, and yes the US. It was just headlines in the news last week. Yes, I know its cool to bash the US, but get your facts straight.

the chinese are just slaves for their american masters: TGH was designed in the U.S.A. and so are many drugs; and they are outsource outside the US by mostly americans who're out to make US bucks!

Buckeye #1 wrote:

3. She is out of money...

That there is unbelievable. I assume this was from attorney fees in defending her?? Geez, now she'll have to work for a living for the next 20 years, instead of vacationing in Bermuda??

say it aint be so wrote:

Sad. Not surprising, but sad. She seemed like she had a decent head on her shoulders, but just got mixed up with some real losers. Decisions, folks. Make better decisions.

dude are you for real????????????

you say "she got mixed up with some real losers"

you mean to say "they got mixed up with her"

boy you're an idiot

I haven't read all this thread (did catch Malmo's brilliant Marryin' Jonz bit though, and Ballad of a Thin man riff!). I'm figuring though there will be some out there who think she oughta be stripped of her titles and medals. On further review, I think we oughta let her keep them. She should be required to frame her golds and put them on prominent display in her house, someplace where she and every family member, friend and visitor she has can't miss 'em. "Wow Marion, that's impressive. Tell me how you won all them Olympic medals." "Well, uh ..."

Best punishment is to not let her forget that she doesn't own her performances.

Gotta love you guys who ask how she passed all those tests when she was takin'.

Bonds and Marion knew what they were getting. They were just told it was something else, wink wink.

Too bad Bonds and Marion aren\'t bright enough to know there\'s such a thing in the legal system as deliberate ignorance.

I'm holding out and waiting for my 10K PR of 36:28 to be declared a clean world record. Everyone who's ever beat my time in any race in the world, including all letsrun posters, has cheated. That's the only explanation.

But me, I'm clean. I really am.

LOL, what a shock....!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Is it me or is there a common theme with all of these folks...NIKE