Roger Clemens to be indicted

[Meghan54]

A federal grand jury will indict Roger Clemens on charges of making false statements to Congress about his use of performance-enhancing drugs, The New York Times reported, citing two sources briefed on the case.

An announcement of the indictment was expected shortly, according to the report.

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=5476761

 

[rcpratt]

Good.

 

[OCGuy]

This is what I really want our time and money wasted on.

 

[Phokus]

Federal PMITA prison for clemens?

Why didn't he just plead the fifth anwyay.

 

[bignateyk]

Who really gives a shit. Let them all use roids. Why the hell is taxpayer money being wasted on baseball?

 

[Gibson486]

Clemens is gonna throw a new fast ball in prison....

 

[sactoking]

This is what I really want our time and money wasted on.

Yeah, because lying to Congress under oath isn't anything bad at all.

/sarcasm

 

[OCGuy]

Yeah, because lying to Congress under oath isn't anything bad at all.

/sarcasm

Congress wasting time asking someone if they used steroids is even worse.

Not sarcasm.

 

[skace]

How the mighty have fallen. One of my childhood heroes.

 

[dfuze]

How the mighty have fallen. One of my childhood heroes.

This.

 

[sactoking]

Congress wasting time asking someone if they used steroids is even worse.

Not sarcasm.

Not when that person has made a substantial amount of money due to an antitrust exemption that Congress granted his employer. Face it, MLB has enjoyed exorbitant financial excesses at the expense of taxpayers and they are owed some accountability.

 

[al981]

clemens always was a douche. prosecute that lying pos and lock him up!

 

[joesmoke]

This is what he gets for thinking that fame could buy him everything. Id say he got... <puts on sunglasses> a little McCready

YEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH

 

[sjwaste]

Not when that person has made a substantial amount of money due to an antitrust exemption that Congress granted his employer. Face it, MLB has enjoyed exorbitant financial excesses at the expense of taxpayers and they are owed some accountability.

And instead of wasting taxpayer dollars on Congressional hearings and this trial, they should just remove the exemption. It's arbitrary anyway. Subject MLB to the same antitrust regulations as every other business, including the other professional sports leagues.

Done.

 

[SearchMaster]

This is what he gets for thinking that fame could buy him everything. Id say he got... <puts on sunglasses> a little McCready

YEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH

Awesome!

 

[Ksyder]

What if he was taking steroids but under prescription as a replacement dose by his doctor? Would that then qualify as "performance enhancing?"

 

[Saint Nick]

People are going to jail over baseball?
What the fuck is this nation coming to?

 

[mesthead21]

Congress wasting time asking someone if they used steroids is even worse.

Not sarcasm.

Seriously. The MLB doesnt care about steroids, why should congress?

 

[Miramonti]

People are going to jail over baseball?
What the fuck is this nation coming to?

I seem to remember a president being impeached for lying under oath about something trivial.

 

[Miramonti]

Clemens had one of the best reputations in sports but had to throw it all away simply because he couldn't hide his douchebagness once he was confronted with it.

 

[Lamont Burns]

This is what he gets for thinking that fame could buy him everything. Id say he got... <puts on sunglasses> a little McCready

YEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH

lol

I don't care about his steroids, just that he's a pedo perv

 

[destrekor]

While we can safely argue about whether the initial point -- where Clemens was ever addressing Congress -- is an issue... something I can't say is up for debate would be the fact that Clemens now must certainly stand trial.

Lying to Congress, regardless of whoever you may be, deserves this kind of attention. Lying to the government is just retarded, especially when said lie is hiding illegal activities.

 

[Genx87]

So when are we going to bring Congress to trial for lying to us?

 

[Ksyder]

So when are we going to bring Congress to trial for lying to us?

I was thinking the same damn thing.

 

[Balt]

This is what I really want our time and money wasted on.

Exactly.