Comments on: Congress plans HGH hearing next week

By: harrisonhits2

harrisonhits2 — Wed, 28 Nov 2012 06:17:13 +0000

This is the equivalent of Nero playing fiddle while Rome was burning.

The country is going down the toilet and all these congress people can do is worry about hgh testing ?

Just shows how only the bottom feeders of society are willing to take on high political office these days, party is irrelevant they’re all utterly and totally corrupt.

By: footballer4ever

footballer4ever — Wed, 28 Nov 2012 06:14:34 +0000

Impeach them all! Impeach the league which somehow ha$ managed to cover up the “legal” and illegal rampant drug enhancement usage among its players. The hipocrisy of it all, of course!

By: Canyonero

Canyonero — Wed, 28 Nov 2012 04:11:09 +0000

gmen7210, good point, but keep in mind members of Congress have immense power to create committees & research groups on anything imaginable.

Given the dire state of things, the fact a congressman thinks this.. now.. is the time to tackle chemical usage in pro sports, is ridiculous. There are lots more important problems to tackle.

Any one of those problems could be investigated by a congressional task force. (Hey, that would also create jobs..)

By: andrewjones1124

andrewjones1124 — Wed, 28 Nov 2012 03:54:40 +0000

Common, there is a fiscal cliff that needs to be addressed. Who cares about athletes and growth, steroids or HGH. I do not think there is a subject we should care less about period. Maybe we should throw Motley Crue on trial for snorting cocaine in the ’80s

By: gmen7210

gmen7210 — Wed, 28 Nov 2012 03:14:29 +0000

Not too sound annoying or anything but there are 435 members of congress and if I’m not mistaken only the 2 dozen or so on the budget committee negotiate the budget, the rest just vote. The members of Congress that deal with HGH in sports probably belong to a different committee… Just saying.

By: mjkelly77

mjkelly77 — Wed, 28 Nov 2012 03:00:03 +0000

Implement HGH testing already. Then immediately work on extending the Bush tax cuts while also raising the highest marginal tax rate back from 35% to 39.6% on those who make over $400K per year.

By: hdmoyer

hdmoyer — Wed, 28 Nov 2012 02:49:14 +0000

Watch how fast guys like Suh, Cushing, and Matthews become irrelevant.

By: realitypolice

realitypolice — Wed, 28 Nov 2012 02:40:44 +0000

Andrew,
500 congressmen sitting around doing nothing? That would really be something since there are only 441 total members of congress.

And I’ll just assume you don’t know what a congressional caucus is. Just because a congressman doesn’t sit on one of the committees responsible for fiscal matters, that doesn’t mean they don’t meet every day with their colleagues on these issues, and that they don’t have pressing obligations to see that this is solved.

I don’t think anyone is saying that ALL activity on issues other than the budget should be dropped. Just irrelevant and foolish activity like holding hearings about drug testing in the NFL.

Please be careful who you call stupid.

By: gadgetdawg

gadgetdawg — Wed, 28 Nov 2012 02:09:50 +0000

Sorry all but the NFL was granted and Anti-trust exemption. The moment they surrender that exemption is the moment I will support the Congress ‘butting out’. I agree that this is far from the most opportune time for it but the NFL asks for it in exchange for that exemption.

As for the idiot screaming that all drugs should be legal, all I can say is you obviously do not have a daughter. If you did you would realize that Rohypnol is happily controlled and should never be free to the general public.

By: dolphandan

dolphandan — Wed, 28 Nov 2012 02:02:11 +0000

“In my many years I have come to a conclusion that one useless man is a shame, two is a law firm, and three or more is a congress.”
~John Adams

By: paredskinwarrior1985

paredskinwarrior1985 — Wed, 28 Nov 2012 01:45:04 +0000

America has become a joke. congress just wants to burn millions of dollars on this with the nfl to distract America that they are not doing there jobs and flushing America down the toilet.

any congress man or woman that voted to waste money on this should be fired. any person that thinks congress should have any interest in the nfl should be the ones fronting the money for those bs not taxpayers!!!

the media should ring these congressmen out bc of this and not focusing on things to help the American ppl. seriously these ppl shouldn’t have jobs like millions of Americans don’t!!

By: contrarianjon

contrarianjon — Wed, 28 Nov 2012 00:57:40 +0000

Fiscal cliff takes a back seat to a more pressing issue

By: TheWizard

TheWizard — Wed, 28 Nov 2012 00:57:35 +0000

The postal service in one year lost just shy of 17 billion dollars. That’s billion with a B.

Though I don’t necessarily disagree with what they’re trying to do in this instance, the idea that government can tell anyone else how to run something is laughable.

By: kash71

kash71 — Wed, 28 Nov 2012 00:55:08 +0000

Can we focus on the Fiscal Cliff first

By: andrewfbrowne

andrewfbrowne — Wed, 28 Nov 2012 00:53:24 +0000

I guess no lawmakers are supposed to do anything except until the committees that are in charge of making sure that the country does not go over the Fiscal Cliff have finished their job. Pity. I guess that leaves about 500 Congress people with nothing to do for the next month. I really wish we weren’t so stupid a culture.

By: blakeinfla

blakeinfla — Wed, 28 Nov 2012 00:50:54 +0000

No jobs…bankrupt country …2 wars going on….people losing their houses…..good time to deal with HGH…I dont care if your a dem or rep. this is awful. Who does congress serve? Not America.

By: leatherface2012

leatherface2012 — Wed, 28 Nov 2012 00:36:39 +0000

clay mathews just said “doh”!!!!

By: hyzers

hyzers — Wed, 28 Nov 2012 00:32:35 +0000

Ray Lewis’ tricep should be healed by then so no worries there.

Clay Matthews on the other hand…

By: baloneyjohn

baloneyjohn — Wed, 28 Nov 2012 00:32:18 +0000

These crooks in Congress having hearings on anything, especially sports, is so stupid.
Keep the Feds out of as much as possible

By: commonsensedude

commonsensedude — Wed, 28 Nov 2012 00:28:39 +0000

Awesome!! So even though we’ll go over the fiscal cliff, have our interest rates jacked up, have millions more people unemployed on January 2nd, our currency devalued and our national credit rating lowered, at least we can take comfort in knowing that Congress is all over the HGH issue.

Now THAT’s what I call leadership.

By: apm

apm — Wed, 28 Nov 2012 00:22:42 +0000

Warren Sapp says it’s not a problem. Case closed.

By: theseekeroffun

theseekeroffun — Wed, 28 Nov 2012 00:15:50 +0000

Outstanding! The blind leading the blind.

By: cwwgk

cwwgk — Wed, 28 Nov 2012 00:13:16 +0000

Glad to read the NFLPA will be made to answer to its hypocritical and non-sensical position on this subject. The union so readily accuses the league of anything it can. Curious to see whether the NFLPA has any substance behind its incessant bark.

By: realitypolice

realitypolice — Wed, 28 Nov 2012 00:13:02 +0000

What are you talking about? Congress absolutely cannot put USADA in charge of the NFL drug testing program.

The USADA is a non-profit, non-governmental organization. Congress does not have the power to hand over control of one private organization’s operations to another private organization. The idea is completely absurd and non-sensical on it’s face.

As is the whole idea of these hearings. The United States is headed off a fiscal cliff in a little over 30 days. Congress now more than ever does not have time to wade into the affairs of the NFL.

By: mongobo

mongobo — Wed, 28 Nov 2012 00:05:28 +0000

Really can’t wait for HGH testing. I’m tired of wondering if the guys I like really are ‘fast healers’, ‘ageless’, or changing their diets honestly to put all that muscle on in the off season.

I don’t want to see guys get rolled up in busts. I just want to trust what I see.

By: cosanostra71

cosanostra71 — Wed, 28 Nov 2012 00:05:23 +0000

glad to hear they have their priorities in check with the fiscal cliff coming up.

This is what we get for re-electing Congress folks.

By: rangenius

rangenius — Wed, 28 Nov 2012 00:03:58 +0000

All drugs should be legal. Why should a group of men in congress tell another grown man what he can or can’t put it in his body.

By: patsfiend

patsfiend — Wed, 28 Nov 2012 00:03:51 +0000

Can they please fix college football first?

By: eaglesfan94

eaglesfan94 — Wed, 28 Nov 2012 00:02:00 +0000

Before election day, Congress was given a 7% approval rating by the American people. Then, almost all of them subsequently get re-elected. American logic.

By: phillybleedgreen

phillybleedgreen — Wed, 28 Nov 2012 00:00:16 +0000

Don’t they have this whole fiscal cliff thing to worry about right now? They shouldn’t be involved in sports at all, let alone right now. There are a lot more important issues to tackle right now.