There seems to be wall-to-wall cable news coverage today of the Major League Baseball testimony to a House committee on the use of steroids.
Why is Congress involved in this? Other than to decide whether or not steroids should be illegal. But aren't they already illegal?
Why is Congress investigating how often players are tested?
Granted, I don't know all of the legal issues involved, including the issue of Congress's granting of anti-trust protection to baseball. It's beyond me.
But I do have a general sense that this is Congress overreaching.It's more big government being where it doesn't belong in our lives.
The proper approach, it seems to me, is to handle this issue in a private industry in a private fashion. Shame the league into doing the right thing by refusing to go to games that features players who you can't trust not to be cheating. Simple as that. Stay home. Let them show up at stadiums full of empty seats, until they figure out how to behave ethically and to be worthy of America's trust and support.
Bring back shame. It's effective and, in the case of Major League Baseball, appropriate.
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