In today's modern sports era, the usage of steroids by athletes has been addressed more than ever as new allegations arise. Major League Baseball players have been subject to many investigations and court trials, most recently with the case of Barry Bonds. When new breakthroughs are made in exposing the cheaters, the large issue of accountability comes to mind. One can question whether the athletes knew what they were doing or simply the victim of a coach or trainer hoping for them to exceed their potential. When indication of performance enhancing drugs are found in an athlete, news headlines have shown that they often deny the claims behind an alibi.
In 2007, Marion Jones admitted to using steroids in preparation for the 2000 Olympics in Sydney despite contradicting herself with another excuse. She reportedly said that her coach gave her a substance to take orally that she believed to be a nutritional flaxseed oil. This was a similar excuse used by Barry Bonds when testifying to a grand jury in 2004. These statements and later investigations make these athletes seem very much aware of what they were doing but tried to take the drugs in a manner that wouldn't make it evident. These sports stars readily take on the ignorant role in their trials when in reality they chose to blind themselves to all of it. It shouldn't be acceptable for them to have others inject the drugs into them but play dumb all along, even when testifying to federal agents and government officials. In light of steroid use exposure, there is a massive amount of accountability on the athletes who should not play "none the wiser."
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