Both accused of taking anabolic steroids, Barry Bonds, the only 7 time MVP and Roger Clemens, the only 7 time Cy Young winner, are both to stand trial for lying. As Thomas Boswell of the Washington Post astutely pointed out, there are many reasons for an athlete not to cheat. Not only should you not cheat and that it may seriously and permanently damage your health (or kill you), but as the Bonds and Clemens’ cases have demonstrated, there are so many ways you can get caught.

• Your sources,
• your trainer,
• your coach,
• your friends can decide to roll on you,
• your girlfriends,
• your ex-wives,
• even your former team mates.

Bottom line, to borrow from the Nike commercials, “Just Don’t Do It.”