Thursday, July 31, 2008
Enough already....
Okay, I KNOW that Marion Jones did a bad thing by taking steroids. I understand that she had to give back her Olympic medals. I even understand that she had to serve prison time. I appreciate what a bad example she set for young athletes and for other people in general by what she did. But come ON! She was as public with her admission/confession as she was with her previous athletic accolades. I think we need to move on and leave the woman alone. One of my biggest arguments for leaving her alone is to point out that she is FAR from being the only one. How many athletes have been caught and had their hands slapped and haven't had the public humiliation that Marion Jones had? How many athletes haven't been caught?
Yet, when I stopped at the mechanic today I noticed a copy of today's USAToday on the counter. This photo caught my eye on the front page. The woman has a beautiful face. And this photo is a fabulous photo. But, of course, the story immediately beneath the photo was about doping and the Olympics. It's not even an article about Marion Jones. For crying out loud. Is she the new poster child for Athletes Fallen from Grace?? Enough already. Leave her alone now to put her life back together. We all make mistakes. Some are worse than others. But most of us don't have to live them out over and over again on the front page of USAToday!
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