I lost my faith in athletes about five minutes after Kobe Bryant told a bunch of reporters after his rape and cheating allegations surfaced:
"Come on guys you know me."
Obviously we didn't and as much as we like to think in the media that we understand athletes we truly don't. I have pointed out that 99.9% of athletes are lying and cheating in some capacity. That .01% that didn't use to be Doug Christie, but he has been replaced by Kurt Warner (even though he seems a little too perfect).
So no I wasn't surprised to hear that Alex Rodriguez may have been caught using steroids in 2003 even though he has denied using in the past and neither should you.
What you see on your TV screen is not a real person in regards to athletes. What you are seeing is an actor portraying a role. Some are a lot better than others, but they all are faking. To be honest the media prefers the actor to someone being real. Just think about it more athletes are persecuted when they are honest as oppose to knowing when to "say the right things".
Back to ARod here are the particular details of his alleged use of steroids back in 2003 as told by SI.com:
Though MLB's drug policy has expressly prohibited the use of steroids without a valid prescription since 1991, there were no penalties for a positive test in 2003. The results of that year's survey testing of 1,198 players were meant to be anonymous under the agreement between the commissioner's office and the players association. Rodriguez's testing information was found, however, after federal agents, armed with search warrants, seized the '03 test results from Comprehensive Drug Testing, Inc., of Long Beach, Calif., one of two labs used by MLB in connection with that year's survey testing. The seizure took place in April 2004 as part of the government's investigation into 10 major league players linked to the BALCO scandal -- though Rodriguez himself has never been connected to BALCO.
The list of the 104 players whose urine samples tested positive is under seal in California. However, two sources familiar with the evidence that the government has gathered in its investigation of steroid use in baseball and two other sources with knowledge of the testing results have told Sports Illustrated that Rodriguez is one of the 104 players identified as having tested positive, in his case for testosterone and an anabolic steroid known by the brand name Primobolan. All four sources spoke on the condition of anonymity due to the sensitive nature of the evidence.
Primobolan, which is also known by the chemical name methenolone, is an injected or orally administered drug that is more expensive than most steroids. (A 12-week cycle can cost $500.) It improves strength and maintains lean muscle with minimal bulk development, according to steroid experts, and has relatively few side effects. Kirk Radomski, the former New York Mets clubhouse employee who in 2007 pleaded guilty to illegal distribution of steroids to numerous major league players, described in his recent book, Bases Loaded: The Inside Story of the Steroid Era in Baseball by the Central Figure in the Mitchell Report, how players increasingly turned to drugs such as Primobolan in 2003, in part to avoid detection in testing. Primobolan is detectable for a shorter period of time than the steroid previously favored by players, Deca-Durabolin. According to a search of FDA records, Primobolan is not an approved prescription drug in the United States, nor was it in 2003. (Testosterone can be taken legally with an appropriate medical prescription.)
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