While I agree with you slightly that the WWE should be applauded for
stepping up to the plate I have to say, why the hell are they doing it
now? It is my opinion that the only reason the WWE sent this letter
out was to try and keep congress off their ass for a long as possible.
Why would Vince want a letter put out now when sadly its too late.
Because of their carelessness and the lives that these gentleman lead
the WWE has not only lost superstars but they have also lost great
human beings as well. Why since the deaths of Chris Benoit and his
family is the WWE looking to just now step up their wellness plan? Why
the hell wasn't this seen as a strong concern not only after the
deaths of Eddie Guerrero but Bam Bam Bigelow and Brian Pilman. I know
you and others may want to argue that some of these gentleman only
spent a small amount of time in the WWE and where probably not
employed by the company when their tragic deaths occurred, But why
does the intense concern of an individual stop when he has left a
company. The WWE must only see these gentleman as wrestlers and not
human beings with a family if they are careless enough and selfish
enough not to check on these individuals once in a while to see how
they are doing with their lives either in another organization or even
outside the ring. The WWE needs to desperately step up now and put an
intense drug testing plan in place, Maybe like the one they use in the
Olympics, before all hell breaks loose and Congress has to waste their
time and police something that the WWE cannot police themselves
Thoughts?
2 comments:
First - how do you know if someone is using? Most will keep it secret, hidden, and away from their employers, coworkers etc. Confrontation will just alienate the person, and investigating won't always be accurate. So the only way to find out, is to test for it.
Your man Rocky D is right when he says the WWE needs an intense drug plan. It's an obvious, necessary, and easy step to make, which I believe the WWE will probably implement within the next 6 - 12 months. I hope that performers who test positive are not named though, because it benefits nobody. Shaming them will not get them off the juice either.
The only problem I see with implementing drug testing, is that wrestling is entertainment, not a sport. In sport, using steroids is cheating. Plain and simple. Black and white. Steroids are being taken for the sole purpose of beating one's opponent, and winning.
That's not why it's done in the E, because results are known months in advance. Nobody is winning because of their steroid use. It's a grey area.
Nobody would test other forms of entertainment. Imagine if Lindsay Lohan had to take a drug test every day she turned up to a movie test. Or if Kurt Cobain had been made to take a drug test before each gig.
The bottom line is that I don't know whether testing for steroids in the WWE is going to save lives or not. Drugs are a sociological problem that wrestling happens to be a part of. At least the WWE has something in place, and is trying to atone for their mistakes.
I did not intend for this to be so long.
thanks for taking the time. it's no problem at all. that's why this blog is here, for people to get a chance to talk. I hope more take the chances that you did.
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