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Background: Ventura is a former WWF wrestler, and former governor of Minnesota, who admitted to taking steroids. Bud Selig is Major League Baseball's commissioner.
http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/9229144/Report:-Ventura-calls-for-Selig's-indictment?MSNHPHMA
Ventura said:
So... Do you think Ventura has a point? Is there a double standard here?
I think yes. MLB has much more clout, and does not have the derisive status that WWF has in the eyes of many - as such, it's easier to go after people calling themselves entertainers (BOOOOOOOOOOOO), than go after America's Favorite Sport (cue patriotic anthem, raise flag, put hand on heart, shed a tear, call dissenters terrorists).
Poll is coming.
http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/9229144/Report:-Ventura-calls-for-Selig's-indictment?MSNHPHMA
Ventura said:
"In the early '90s, the federal government came into pro wrestling and tried to put (WWE Chairman) Vince McMahon in prison for steroid use of wrestlers," Ventura told NBC's affiliate in Denver. "My question is: They've now determined 104 baseball players failed their steroid test in 2003 — 104. They indicted Vince McMahon, why aren't they indicting Bud Selig? He's the head of baseball, it happened on his watch."
In 1993, McMahon, who was CEO at the time, was indicted amid wrestling's steroid controversy. In 1994, he was put on trial, accused of distributing steroids. He was found not guilty.
"What you have here is two sets of law enforcement," Ventura told the TV station. "One set: 'Oh, pro wrestling, let's go after the head of that and put him in prison for steroid use.' And pro wrestling is not even an athletic competition. We went to court and said we're sports entertainment. Here, you have a legitimate athletic competition with 104 guys using illegal drugs — cheating — and where's the indictment of Bud Selig on this?
So... Do you think Ventura has a point? Is there a double standard here?
I think yes. MLB has much more clout, and does not have the derisive status that WWF has in the eyes of many - as such, it's easier to go after people calling themselves entertainers (BOOOOOOOOOOOO), than go after America's Favorite Sport (cue patriotic anthem, raise flag, put hand on heart, shed a tear, call dissenters terrorists).
Poll is coming.