I think one of the more interesting points about the entire Roger Clemens steroid ordeal is the idea that Congress is involved even though “they don’t belong”. Specifically I’ve heard the argument from a number of people, my roommate included (yes, I just called you out Troy), that there are “more important issues to be had” than this steroid issue with baseball.

I’d like to first recognize that this is a specific congressional committee designated to handle internal affairs. There are a number of these committee’s designated to handle anything that holds relevance within the United States, including the drug scandal within baseball. This isn’t a simple situation of Clemens getting caught using steroids. This isn’t an issue of Barry Bonds using steroids and breaking a home run record. The issue goes far beyond that, and for someone to accuse Congress of wasting time finding out if Clemens used ‘roids would be out of ignorance towards the issue.

This issue transcends baseball. This issue is something that has an immediate impact on the younger generation of baseball players who strive to make it to the majors and play amongst the greats. Major League Baseball is, as we often forget, more than a game. It’s a business. It’s a huge business. And if Brian McNamee’s testimony that Union representatives were showing players and trainers how to properly administer steroids, then this has become a baseball-wide drug scandal. Steroids are, after all, illegal. And if Bud Selig and other prominent figures in Major League Baseball knew that such a thing was going on and failed to do anything about it, then the scandal is only further strengthened.

Nobody is entirely sure how this issue will shakedown. Will Clemens get slapped with a perjury charge? It sure seems like a possibility. And though we get tired of hearing about it over and over in the media, the end result of this investigation will be productive for baseball. Hopefully when all is said and done, baseball will go back to the respectable and clean game that it once was, not the abomination that it is now.