Comments on: Athletes Who Damaged Their Careers With Drug Abuse

By: Chantix

Chantix — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 17:31:14 +0000

wow i didnt know about len bias, that is horrible. you will also wonder, what if?

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By: Rich Dansereau

Rich Dansereau — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 15:40:37 +0000

This speaks volumes about the disregard for their chosen sports and the fans of those sports. It seems they have little appreciation for their individual talents and for the sports they love. When you are propelled to super stardom at such a young age with little to no attention paid to responsibility and consequences it is little wonder that some feel untouchable. I do feel bad for these athletes who allow themselves to fall to such depths.

By: SoxAddict

SoxAddict — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 21:31:23 +0000

Half of these guys have made BANK and won tons of awards. I think the real truth behind this is that doing drugs is a good thing, right?

By: MissObvious

MissObvious — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 19:50:05 +0000

What everyone needs to remember is that a lot of these athletes are thrust into situations where they now have money and attention. They aren’t always groomed for how to handle that. They are human just like us and they can make poor choices. The only difference is theirs get aired out in the media whereas we deal with ours in the privacy of our families.

By: Zach

Zach — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 15:12:22 +0000

You just blew my mind

By: Phil

Phil — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 15:07:09 +0000

Once you get addicted, I can see it being “a medical problem”, however there is still choice involved. It isn’t like Cancer. Everyone has the choice to try a drug or not. Those that choose to do it, and can’t handle it, still had that initial choice. If an athlete makes that choice to indulge in something illegal, than it is criminal, its the very definition of criminal. The alcoholism is a different argument, since that is legal, but still considered a drug by many.

As for Rickey Williams, I think that a case could be made that drugs did ruin his career. The argument being, was it the Weed that made him not care about Football anymore, or was it not caring about Football that drove him to Weed?

By: Derrick Gibson

Derrick Gibson — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 14:49:18 +0000

Big shock! Athletes are people!

When are we going to grow up and treat addiction as a medical problem and not something criminal?

By: Mike

Mike — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 23:06:57 +0000

It’s amazing how many idiots there are in professional sports. You’re paid MILLIONS and you can’t stay clean? How about picking up the habit of playing with yourself or hitting the strip clubs? RETARDS.