Yesterday’s feature on University involving Georgia cheerleader Anna Watson focused primarily on how quickly the mainstream media routinely will give a pass to athletes for the steroid problem — even after the visual evidence is overwhelming.
Take for example, Mark McGwire. The dude went from a slim, freckle-faced boyish slugger to a jacked, Popeye-armed, acne-coated behemoth, as well as yet no 1 dared to question (or even bring up) the issue of steroids during the face of Mark’s tell-tale visual markers. No, a stray bottle of a legal supplement ‘accidentally’ left in public view in his locker was every one of the excuse anyone needed to forget the obvious.
Do I have Anna Watson’s bloodwork to prove she’s a juicer? Of course not. Nor did I possess the blood benefits of UFC Female Fighter Christiana ‘Cyborg’ Santos when I referred to her obvious steroid use. But one indisputable drug test later, I was vindicated. This is a blog — not a homage of law. We don’t must PROVE Anna Watson is on steroids beyond a reasonable doubt.
If that was the standard for reporting, no one might ever break ANY story. But when a fitness guru such as myself sees a young woman with certain physical traits that I have personally observed hundreds of moments in my lifetime as being associated with the use of anabolic steroids, I’m going to call it as I see it.
