March 24 2007

THIS WEEK IT WAS REVEALED THAT ALONG WITH BASEBALL'S GARY MATTHEWS JUNIOR, THERE WERE 11 PROFESSIONAL WRESTLERS CAUGHT UP IN THE LATEST FEDERAL STEROIDS RAID.

UNLIKE BASEBALL PLAYERS AND FOOTBALL PLAYERS, TRACK STARS AND ROCKY BALBOA...PROFESSIONAL WRESTLERS READILY ADMIT TO HEAVY STEROID USE. THEY ARE ALSO HELD UP AS THE POSTER CHILDREN FOR ALL OF THINGS DANGEROUS IN THE DRUG. A 7 YEAR SURVEY OF 1000 WRESTLERS YOUNGER THAN AGE 46 WAS COMPLETED THREE YEARS AGO. OF THE 1000 OVER THE SURVEY PERIOD, 65 DIED. 25 OF THOSE DEATHS WERE DUE TO CORONARY DISEASE CAUSED BY STEROIDS AND HEAVY USE OF PAIN KILLERS. THAT'S 6.5 PERCENT OF THE SURVEY BASE GONE BEFORE THEY REACHED MIDDLE AGE. . MEDICAL EXPERTS ARE SAYING THIS IS MERELY THE "CANARY IN THE MINE". A WARNING OF THINGS TO COME IN OTHER SPORTS.

SPORTS ILLUSTRATED REPORTED A SURVEY A FEW YEARS AGO. THEY ASKED ATHETES WOULD TAKE A BANNED DRUG AND BE GUARANTEED THEY WOULDN'T BE CAUGHT..AND WITH THE DRUG THEY WOULD WIN EVERY COMPETITION ENTERED FOR THE NEXT 5 YEARS, BUT THEN WOULD DIE FROM THE SIDE EFFECTS OF THE SUBSTANCE. MORE THAN 50% SAID THEY WOULD TAKE THE DRUG. THAT DRUG IS TURNING OUT TO BE STEROIDS AND NOBODY SEEMS TO BE LISTENING.