.jpg)
Jose Canseco Wants to Teach High School Teens About Steroids
[February 10th, 2009] by Millard Baker
Jose Canseco wants to work with Major League Baseball to teach high school athletes about the dangers of anabolic steroids. Canseco is sending a proposal letter to the MLB describing the role he could play in the elimination of steroids from baseball (”Canseco offers assistance to baseball, union on steroid issue,” February 10).
“I think I have the ear of the nation now,” Canseco said Tuesday. “I think everyone realizes I have not in any way, shape or form tried to create smoke and mirrors like Major League Baseball has and the players have. I have been excruciatingly honest about what’s going on in baseball.”
Canseco’s attorney, Dennis Holahan, said he was sending a letter to Fehr and Gene Orza, the union’s chief operating officer, offering the former slugger’s assistance. Canseco, who has admitted using steroids, offered few specifics about what he planned to discuss in his proposed joint meeting, other than he was concerned about the “welfare of baseball.”
“The goal is to come up with a plan to rid baseball of steroids once and for all,” Holahan said.
Jose Canseco identified numerous MLB players as steroid users in his books “Juiced” and “Vindicated.” Initially, the allegations were dismissed. But in the years since the publication of Canseco’s books, practically all of the accused have either admitted to using steroids and/or been implicated by various steroid investigations.
Alex Rodriguez or A-Rod recently admitted using steroids earlier in his career further increasing Jose Canseco’s steroid-user-identification credibility. Nonetheless, few people believe Canseco would be an effective steroid education spokesperson in high schools. One reader compared it to hiring “Louis Farrakhan to help ease racial tensions,” “Ken Lay as a corporate ethics consultant” or “Keith Richards as a substance abuse counselor”.
Tags: alex rodriguez, jose canseco, MLB
Add New Comment
Viewing 4 Comments
Thanks. Your comment is awaiting approval by a moderator.
Do you already have an account? Log in and claim this comment.
Do you already have an account? Log in and claim this comment.
Do you already have an account? Log in and claim this comment.
Do you already have an account? Log in and claim this comment.
Do you already have an account? Log in and claim this comment.
Add New Comment
Trackbacks
(Trackback URL)