Don't count on it. Reportedly, there are already book and movie deals in the works, in addition to all the millions he has already pocketed and stashed away. Somehow I suspect he'll continue to profit from his notoriety.
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Who is the World's Greatest Athlete?
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Don't count on it. Reportedly, there are already book and movie deals in the works, in addition to all the millions he has already pocketed and stashed away. Somehow I suspect he'll continue to profit from his notoriety.
tornado
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yeah - the big lesson here is that many if not most of the top athletes in each sport ARE doping and are very successful as a result -
so kids probably wouldn't have a problem trying it if it helps improve their chances of getting one of those $10 mil contracts..
If a kid is willing to risk a felony for a couple pills and a cheap thrill then you don't think they'd risk the embarrassment of having to confess to Oprah in order to become rich & famous
(and own yachts, travel the world, and have great looking girlfriends...)
I get a laugh when some incredibly famous, successful, and rich athlete gets to the Gold Medal podium and says to the youngsters looking up -
"hey - I took steroids, but look what it's done to me and you youngsters shouldn't do it!"
http://www.amazon.com/Marion-Jones-Life-Illustrated-Autobiography/dp/0446524557
I recall a few of the most suspicious cases....but one (actually two) stand out (of course ARod too)
at the peak of the "steroid era" (around 2000) - especially with a couple west coast labs producing the undetectable steroids like Bonds was using..and league testing was not yet implemented..
two light hitting guys - Bret Boone & his brother Aaron Boone (who had tons of connections because their father & grandfather had long MLB careers)
- both suddently bulked up almost overnight and went from light-weight hitters with 6, 8 or a dozen homers per year..
..to suddenly being big time power hitters - clubbing 35-40 homers per year and raising suspicion - then after 3-4 seasons up near the league leaders in HR & RBI....
the league testing kicked in and - BINGO - as soon as they had to submit to steroid testing - both of them instantly dropped weight and became singles hitters again..
barely exceeding single digits on homers in any season for the rest of their careers.......but neither was ever caught and both got huge contracts because of their production..
http://goodmenproject.com/sports-2/all-steroids-team-bret-boone/
http://www.complex.com/sports/2012/...steroid-users-in-baseball-history/steroids-25
so kids probably wouldn't have a problem trying it if it helps improve their chances of getting one of those $10 mil contracts..
If a kid is willing to risk a felony for a couple pills and a cheap thrill then you don't think they'd risk the embarrassment of having to confess to Oprah in order to become rich & famous
(and own yachts, travel the world, and have great looking girlfriends...)
I get a laugh when some incredibly famous, successful, and rich athlete gets to the Gold Medal podium and says to the youngsters looking up -
"hey - I took steroids, but look what it's done to me and you youngsters shouldn't do it!"
http://www.amazon.com/Marion-Jones-Life-Illustrated-Autobiography/dp/0446524557
I recall a few of the most suspicious cases....but one (actually two) stand out (of course ARod too)
at the peak of the "steroid era" (around 2000) - especially with a couple west coast labs producing the undetectable steroids like Bonds was using..and league testing was not yet implemented..
two light hitting guys - Bret Boone & his brother Aaron Boone (who had tons of connections because their father & grandfather had long MLB careers)
- both suddently bulked up almost overnight and went from light-weight hitters with 6, 8 or a dozen homers per year..
..to suddenly being big time power hitters - clubbing 35-40 homers per year and raising suspicion - then after 3-4 seasons up near the league leaders in HR & RBI....
the league testing kicked in and - BINGO - as soon as they had to submit to steroid testing - both of them instantly dropped weight and became singles hitters again..
barely exceeding single digits on homers in any season for the rest of their careers.......but neither was ever caught and both got huge contracts because of their production..
http://goodmenproject.com/sports-2/all-steroids-team-bret-boone/
http://www.complex.com/sports/2012/...steroid-users-in-baseball-history/steroids-25