NFL and Steroids
I love watching NFL films and listening to the great voices of the past covering the old time football players. The way the announcer, the late John Facenda, called those games was amazing. “The Green Bay Packers” was always said so slow and perfectly and the way he would describe the “great Bart Starr” was so memorable to me. I was amazed at how Jack Lambert would put a hurting on people and opposing running backs despite his size. I saw ‘Mean’ Joe Greene just run over lineman on his way to the QB. Then I go thinking about the whole thing and wondered ‘What happened?’
I’m serious…Just like baseball players got all big in the 90’s and started hitting monster home runs and putting up amazing numbers, football players are doing the same thing. No they aren’t producing greater stats that can’t be explained because of systems, but these people are giant. I’m sick of the excuse that we have workout equipment and techniques that those players didn’t have because these guys are on stuff and people seem to turn a blind eye. Merriman gets suspended for steroids and people just seem to shake it off. It’s a sign people that we need to start paying attention to. ‘Mean’ Joe Greene would be a small guy by today’s standards. I believe in the bigger faster stronger mentality of it all to a degree but not what it is coming to today.
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. The NFL is the next league to be up to it’s nose in trouble with illegal substances and it’s only a matter of time.
