To be naive enough to belief any other issue is getting less attention because a committee is discussing steroids, is just plain frightening.
Midnyte.. very slowly, I'm going to introduce you to my reality.
In my reality, a day has 24 hours, and each hour has 60 minutes.
In my reality, you can only do so many things at any given time.
In my reality, my tax money went to pay the people to serve the invitations to the people that declined them.
In my reality, my tax money went to pay the people to serve the subpoenas to the people that declined the invitations.
In my reality, investigating steroid use in a sport that may go back 50, 60 years when there are other issues that need to be adressed in the above 60 minute hour of every working day that the people that I may or may not have voted for (and whom draw a salary based on the money I pay them based on their decisions) is a waste of time. Likely, it made the sport more 'popular' as a result of players hitting harder running farther, whatever.
In my reality, the investigation of steroid abuse should be done by
the police force and not the
legislature.
In my reality, the 2,3,6, working day hours that are spent on working on this issue detracts from other, actually important, challenges facing the government today.
When we have the rest of our problems fixed, sure, let's spend money and time that could be spent doing other, more important things before turning to our entertainment. Stop the wars, stop the price gouging at the gas station, stop allowing trailer trash to be nothing but baby dispensers while they live off of a flawed government care system, and then, THEN when you're done... legisilate the crap out of our entertainment if that is what you wish.
Please don't get me wrong. I think that if MLB is in violation of the Exemption agreement, they should be fined. But hauling them before Congress won't tell you much. Haul them into an interrogation chamber, do drug tests, whatever, and fine the fuck out of them - but you're not even admitting evidence, you're not passing judgment in this. They are finding out what they knew and that is Not the job of the Legislature. They are designed to MAKE the laws, NOT enforce them.