A-Rod Got Busted. Are You Done Saying Golden Boys Don't Go Down?

Marion Jones is a golden BOY?

You think A-rod is a golden boy? You must not follow baseball.

What's the WADA got to do with A-Rod?

I don't necessarily buy into the whole Bolt/WADA/IAAF conspiracy thing.. but your argument is flawed.

A-Rod is a prominent figure in baseball to the general public, but Usain Bolt is the ONLY track & field athlete who is almost universally recognized and therefore truly a "celebrity". Tyson Gay, Rudisha, Lolo Jones, Farah among others are all somewhat well known but none NEAR Usain Bolt and its not even close. You don't see the Powell/Gay story on the news anymore and it hasn't been that long, if Bolt were to go down track, especially in the USA, would take a major major blow.

Baseball has plenty of iconic figures both past and present. Sosa Bonds Ruth McGwire Pujols Jeter the list goes on and on

Roger Goodell hand-fed AP HGH every day so he could recover form a busted knee faster than I recover from a night out. Now he's doing the same with RGIII.

Drugs are good for the sport. A slap on the wrist for a few token players just to keep the anti-drug brigade off their backs. NFL knows what it's doing. Other sports should be taking notes.

Di2 wrote:

Roger Goodell hand-fed AP HGH every day so he could recover form a busted knee faster than I recover from a night out. Now he's doing the same with RGIII.

Drugs are good for the sport. A slap on the wrist for a few token players just to keep the anti-drug brigade off their backs. NFL knows what it's doing. Other sports should be taking notes.

Exactly!! That and "fixing" the games so virtually every one comes down to the last 2 minutes. Need to call 8 straight penalties on a team? No problem. Whatever it takes. Of course they know that most football fans are too stupid to realize they are doing it.

Same with the NBA

He's 38.

He already admitted to doping.

They didn't catch him during his prime. Remember what happened with Lance and Marion.

I don't think that rupp is a golden boy, maybe a pasty elf.

I'm happy the things that matter have already been said. 1) track and baseball are totally different. 2) A-Rod is widely hated.

Having said that I agree with the author's main point -- clearly global track superstars go down. Ben Johnson should prove that beyond reasonable doubt.

really, if you think about it, the yankees are baseballs real "golden boy" and ARod has fallen out of favor with them. His terrible play as he ages combined with his ridiculous contract means that the ideal situation for the team right now is to have him suspended. It frees them up from this absurd monetary obligation. ARod is a former golden boy at best

ScottEvil wrote:

I'm happy the things that matter have already been said. 1) track and baseball are totally different. 2) A-Rod is widely hated.

Having said that I agree with the author's main point -- clearly global track superstars go down. Ben Johnson should prove that beyond reasonable doubt.

The problem is that some of these dip wads just don't want to believe that a track star can actually be clean.

If he/she has never failed a test then it's because of some conspiracy to protect the superstars.

They simply cannot win. We really don't need people like that contributing to any discussion- they're stupid and their posts take up space.

Oh? So now the Yankees conspired to take A-Rod down?

And who exactly doesn't love A-Rod anymore? The sports commentators and Yankee's management? The fans?

I heard a couple guys talking about it and all they said was that he got busted. They never once said they didn't like him or lost respect for him as an athlete. They actually sounded sad that he got busted because all it meant was that he was the guy who got caught (along with the others). But their concern was with him not playing not that he was cheating.

A-Rod continues to be a golden boy among fans. Maybe not with the sport media, but guess what? That's not who buys tickets, beer, food, clothes, hats, etc that pay for A-Rod.

A-Rod went down because doping controls work.

Weekly drug tests throughout the year.

Lifetime ban.

It's the only way to clean up all sports.

red plug wrote:

Oh? So now the Yankees conspired to take A-Rod down?

And who exactly doesn't love A-Rod anymore? The sports commentators and Yankee's management? The fans?

I heard a couple guys talking about it and all they said was that he got busted. They never once said they didn't like him or lost respect for him as an athlete. They actually sounded sad that he got busted because all it meant was that he was the guy who got caught (along with the others). But their concern was with him not playing not that he was cheating.

A-Rod continues to be a golden boy among fans. Maybe not with the sport media, but guess what? That's not who buys tickets, beer, food, clothes, hats, etc that pay for A-Rod.

A-Rod went down because doping controls work.

Every Yankee fan I've spoken with is horrified that A-Rod is back playing. They can't stand him and are hoping for a lifetime ban.

red plug wrote:

Oh? So now the Yankees conspired to take A-Rod down?

And who exactly doesn't love A-Rod anymore? The sports commentators and Yankee's management? The fans?

I heard a couple guys talking about it and all they said was that he got busted. They never once said they didn't like him or lost respect for him as an athlete. They actually sounded sad that he got busted because all it meant was that he was the guy who got caught (along with the others). But their concern was with him not playing not that he was cheating.

A-Rod continues to be a golden boy among fans. Maybe not with the sport media, but guess what? That's not who buys tickets, beer, food, clothes, hats, etc that pay for A-Rod.

A-Rod went down because doping controls work.

clearly you're not from NY. tune into WFAN for 20min and you'll know that the fans and Yankee's management alike are pretty fed up with his drama and lack of production.

Almost everyone the OP mentioned was near or at or past the end of a career and had overstayed his/her welcome. Plus some of them were obnoxious. None were "golden boys" anymore. Do you realize how sick people were of Armstrong?

What is about Arod? Why haven't I ever liked him? There's no rational reason. I just get a dark feeling when I look at him and my intuition says "stay away from him."

Why?

I have to agree with the author. All the big name athletes getting busted says the dopers are slowly losing.