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Bonds is indicted. By now, you’ve heard that.

Here is what is sickening about the whole deal.

It took 4 years for the government to figure out Bonds was lying? It took this long to get proof enough to indict? Why did it take this long? Every sports figure, agent, and lawyer should seriously be worried at the answer to this question.

Think about it…the federal government may be a lot of things, but they are hyper-sensitive when it comes to big splash cases like this one. Just like the Vick case, there is no way the federal government is pushing forward unless it knows it can’t lose. In other words, they have proof beyond what is necessary. It’s too risky when you are spending tax payers dollars. You HAVE to win and you know going into the ordeal that everything is eventually is going to be made public.

The fact that the indictment is about perjury - which is hard to prove - makes this whole scene worse. That means that the federal government thinks they have enough evidence to prove that Bonds is lying about willfully using steroids AND that he obstructed the government from finding out about OTHERS who used.

This could splash out much larger than just baseball. Makes you wonder why all of a sudden Marion Jones admitted to steroid use and gave back all her medals, huh? A flash of morality or did she know what was potentially coming and decided to take her licks early and get it over with?

To further make the situation revolting, Bud Selig called ESPN to say this - that while he (Selig) hasn’t read the full indictment, “all people are innocent until proven guilty. Plus our testing policy is one of the best in sports in determining HGH use…” and he would stand by the MLB testing policy.

Selig can’t really believe that the public is that stupid, can he? I mean, who didn’t see McGuire, Palmerio, and Sosa dragged in front of Congress? Who hasn’t heard the clip of Congress telling Bud Selig - you do something about steroids in baseball or we will? Who didn’t notice that it took 8 years to get that done and even the policy that they have now is the weakest in professional sports?

It appears that the federal government will now do what Selig and MLB was either powerless or fearful to do - and that is pull the cover back on drug use in MLB and in so doing, will probably spill over into every other sports arena. And since the government is playing with tax payers money, you can be rest assured that it will be thorough. It may be slow, but they will not risk this much time, money, and public opinion on an endeavor that will fail.

And that alone should make MLB scared to death.