But, you know, I don't care. In fact, I think performance-enhancing drugs should be allowed, perhaps even encouraged.

Consider that so many years have passed without testing for drugs that, to now, have a fit every time someone tests positive seems counter-productive. Maybe - Hell! LIKELY - many of yesteryears stars used some sort of drugs to alter their performance. Mickey is still the Mick and Ruth is still the Babe. So what if Bonds is taking injections? We have no way to guarantee that the sports records set before testing weren't achieved cleanly.

Personally, I'd like to see just what the human limits are in sports. Let the athletes choose whether to dope up. Sure, the ones that do are likely to perform better but they do so with the inherent risks of taking drugs.

But will drugs help that much? Can the record for the 100 meters dash be lowered substantially with drugs? Let's find out. Can the powerlifting records be upped substantially? Let's find out.

Screw the war on drugs. It's a lost cause. The more they test for steroids the more clever the steroid designers get. Kind of like software and piracy: new copy protections just mean new ways to deafeat them.

As for Barry Bonds, he's in an unusual situation. If he continues to play and ends up setting the all-time record for homeruns, people will complain that many of his homers were from steroids. But if he doesn't play they'll say that proves he was using steroids.

U.S. Football
I like watching football, real football, or soccer as we call it here. It's a shame that the U.S. doesn't have a real football league. Sure, we have the MLS but it's a closed league. By that I mean it has a relatively small number of teams owned by an even smaller number of owners.

Worse, fo me, seeing the L.A. Galaxy just ain't gonna happen. They're over the hill in Carson and it would take too long, cost too much, to see them play.

What I'd like to see is something like what's set up in England. Have the Premier and lower-level leagues, complete with promotions for the winners and relegations for the bottom dwellers.

Have the lower levels open to any one who can get a squad together and start the climb up the ladder. This would open up ownership beyond the billionaires, plus it'd get more regional activities and publicity. L.A. people wouldn't have to shlep to freakin' Carson to see football.

Personally, I'd root like mad and drag the kids to see West Valley United playing at Cal State Northridge. Go team!