In baseball and many other sports there is a huge conspiracy of silence that has gone on and continues today. I am convinced NOBODY is really willing to confront the problem of drugs in sport head on. I will use baseball as an example. Coaches, trainers, owners, general managers all knew or strongly suspected what was going on. The approach was “if we ignore the problem it will go away.” In baseball there is a culture of tolerance for drugs in the form of alcohol and amphetamines.

I am really interested to see who Mitchell has talked in his inquiry. Have they talked to Jason Giambi’s personal trainer who had to know what was going on? Have they talked to everyone involved with the Texas Rangers during the Juan Gonzales era? Have they talked to all the team trainers, assistant trainers, conditioning coaches and clubhouse people? I suspect not. Why because they do not want to know how deep the problem is.