PEDs in baseball are a huge deal, but not the NFL
Aug 17, 2012, 6:56 PM | Updated: 8:12 pm
Athletes will always look to gain an edge, leading some to turn to performance enhancing drugs.
Of course, PEDs are banned from all the major sports, which is why players caught using them are subject to incredibly harsh penalties, not unlike the 50-game suspension given to Giants outfielder Melky Cabrera.
But ESPN’s Pedro Gomez wonders why baseball’s cheaters cause more of an uproar than those in other sports.
“I think another part of [the Cabrera discussion] that has kind of been overlooked is the indignation that the sports fan has with Melky Cabrera,” Gomez told Arizona Sports 620’s Burns and Gambo Friday. “And yet when an NFL player tests positive it’s the last line in a notebook item, it’s never even brought up again.
