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At what point in Sports – Amateur or Professional – am I supposed to look the other way when athletes cheat?

I have a message for the NFL, MLB, NHL, NBA, and All Amateur Sports programs – cheating is not okay. It is not okay to continue moving the line because a certain amount of cheating is expected. At the risk of sounding self-righteous, what message are we sending kids who watch these sports? And what kind of a sham am I wasting my time watching?

If Kenny Rogers had a foreign substance on his hand in Game 2 of the World Series, then he should have been kicked out of the game and out of the Series. That substance didn’t look like dirt – and was washed off pretty quickly. And why didn’t Tony La Russa have a hairy fit over the whole incident? Is it because his pitchers are just as guilty of using some form of illegal means to get an edge? Is there an unwritten code in Major League Baseball that a certain amount of cheating is acceptable and expected? This is the World Series! Shouldn’t umpires be even more vigilant to ensure cheaters don’t prosper?

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