Congress Needs to Focus on Country, Not Sports

With SpyGate and the Roger Clemens hearings behind us, the last thing we need is more time being wasted on steroids and cheating in sports inside Congress. 

What did the testimonies from alleged steroid takers a few years ago in Congress tell us? Nothing.  What did the Mitchell Report do? A little more. What did Roger Clemens do? Embarrass himself.

When Henry Waxman stated "I'm sorry we had the hearing. I regret that we had the hearing. And the only reason we had the hearing was because Roger Clemens and his lawyers insisted on it,"  that's when the line was crossed.

If that statement is in fact true, that means that sports figures get to have these hearings whenever they feel necessary, and our Government doesn't have time for that.  We gained nothing out of the hearing, except more arguing and "did not, did too" rubbish. 

With an upcoming election, and more issues to deal with than ever before, what are we doing mixing sports and government? Shouldn't we be protecting our country from terrorist instead of cheaters in a game? Should we be saving lives instead of sthletes we think are on steroids so that they can hit a ball further? What have we come too?

The NFL, MLB, NBA, and other sports leagues need to deal with their own problems like other industries do, like normal people do, and stop wasting the valuable time and money of the government that could be used for better things, like education and decreasing poverty. 

So a message to all the commissioners: Deal with your own problems, and let congress fix America's problems, not your own.

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