Why all the Cheating?

So what's been going on with all the cheating or accusations of cheating as of late. Whether your talking about boxing, baseball, or mixed martial arts. It seems like there has been a lot of foul play as of late and it starts with baseball. Alex Rodriguez has finally come out and acknowledged that he used Steroids from 2001-2003. Why does this come as a shock to anyone? This will always be remembered as the "Steroid Era" in major league baseball. Was Alex Rodriguez the only player in the MLB to take steroids this past decade? Absolutely not. Sure A-Rod used steroids along with Bonds, Clemens, Pettite, Palmiero and others but who hasn't. The truth is its not just a couple of players taking Steroids, its the majority. I'm not saying a lot of players do it on a constant basis, but a majority of the players in the league have done it one time or another. Brady Anderson is the perfect example. How is it a player can hit 16 home runs with 64 RBI's one year and then hit 50 home runs and 110 RBI's the very next season. Consider that before the 50 HR season he averaged 11 home runs a season. Not only that but he nearly doubled his RBI's from one season to the next. Sounds like somebody was juicing for one year. Got signed for a multi-million dollar extension and decided "well I got the money so now there's no need to juice again". It's just like Jose Canseco said (right before his book came out)"You might think I'm lying about all of this, but think about this. Do you honestly think that after everything that has happened I was the only one doing steroids?" Alex Rodriguez is a hall of famer. Barry Bonds is a hall of famer and so is Roger Clemens. Did they cheat? Yes. But this just in, almost everybody else did too at one point or another.
Now to boxing, which has become just as corrupt as a sport can get. Whether you're talking about the promoters, judges, referees, or even the fighters, boxing has become pretty corrupt. Its bad enough that we have to deal with bogus decisions and horrible stoppages to fights. Now we have to worry about fighters loading there gloves. Former welterweight champion Antonio Margarito was caught with a "plaster-like substance" in his gloves before his welterweight title fight with Sugar Shane Mosley. Margarito and his camp are refusing to admit there has been any foul play but how could you? The plaster-like substance was taken as evidence from the California State Athletic Commission and they are going to test it to see just how hazardous it is when hardened. This totally taints not only Margarito but boxing as a whole. Margarito vs Cotto was 2008's fight of the year. But now it is being put into question because many feel Margarito stepped into the ring with Cotto with loaded gloves. Isn't it ironic how Mosley just knocked out Margarito and yet Cotto beat Mosley by unanimous decision when they fought. Cotto was dominating Margarito for the first six rounds of their fight and yet Cotto mysteriously sucummed to the pressure of Margarito even though when he fought Mosley he took all of Mosley's beat punches. Listen lets keep it clean and let the best man win. Cotto is headed to a rematch with Margarito in the summer and then a rematch with Mosley soon after that. Lets see who wins that fight now that Margarito's gloves will be checked thoroughly before the fight. I got my money on Cotto.
And last but not least Mixed Martial Arts. Georges St. Pierre successfully defended his UFC Welterweight crown against BJ Penn over the weekend and that didn't even end without some controversy. St. Pierre dominated Penn from the 2nd round on and ultimately forced a doctor stoppage (TKO) at the end of the 4th round. Penn's camp as filed a complaint with the Nevada State Athletic Commission saying that GSP's corner used an excessive amount of vaseline on his chest and back which prevented Penn to defend St. Pierre when the fight hit the ground. After seeing the clips for myself there was minimum vaseline and it barely went on his back. Penn needs to stop with the accusations, look at himself in the mirror and say "Hey, I lost and I lost to the better man". Congrats to GSP for his win and I wish all the best in his title defense against Thiago Silva this summer. Lets try to stop with the accusations of cheating and stop with the cheating in general and lets bring some honor back to what we all love, Sports!!!

Signing off,
Brian Rodriguez