He's one athlete who said enough's enough.
Roger Clemens is suing his former trainer who sang to Senator Mitchell about Clemens allegedly using steroids. Defamation. And he's not taking this lightly.
I think it's really sleazy that anyone can appear in front of a federal committee, Congress, grand jury, or whatever and sling some very serious accusations at someone without showing up with some proof. I am not talking about stuff like "so-and-so cheats on his wife" or "I saw (name of athlete) snorting white powder in the XXX Club"..., or grainy pictures off a cell phone (think Kate Moss), but life-and-death allegations that could invoke a whole list of issues. "But no one is getting hurt!" I hear you say.
Bull. With a capital B.
Peoples' reputations are getting hurt. Careers can potentially come to an end. I am not referring to situations like Marion Jones (guilty) or the BALCO issues. But tabloid-worthy gossip fodder that you could read in between looking at the Page 3 girls.
I hope Roger is successful. He's going to pave the way for more athletes to take decisive action, if they ever find themselves in the cross hairs of someone looking to make an easy buck or worse, their 15 minutes.
