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At the risk of all sorts of innuendo we're not really aiming for, we know that Dick Pound can be a little hard to take. But you have to admire the guy's empire-building ever since the IOC rejected him for someone "less tempermental," as Wikipedia puts it - even if "empire" in this case really just refers to his ability to get 10 minutes of airtime on the Fan 590 every now and then.

See, back when he first took over the World Anti-Doping Agency, Dick was expected to focus on performance-enhancing drug use among amateur athletes. But having evidently won that battle (really, when was the last time you saw a sprinter who looked like he was using?), he promptly moved on to steroids in professional sports. Then it was hockey players and their allegedly insatiable appetite for amphetamines. And now? Now, it's CFL players and their pot.

We have no idea how recreational drug use fits under Pound's umbrella. But as he casts his net wider and wider, we're starting to get a little nervous.

So before Dick calls a press conference to out us, it's time to come clean: Sometimes, before playing in our recreational flag football league, we've been known to consume all or part of a Red Bull. If it comes to it, we're prepared to roll over on the teammates who turned us onto it, and the convenience store owners who peddled it. Anything to help Dick in his bid to purge the sporting world of such filth.

Posted on Thursday, October 19, 2006 at 01:07PM by Registered Commenter[Your Name Here] | Comments5 Comments

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Boatmenblog.com, you Cheetah? Say it ain't so...
October 19, 2006 | Unregistered CommenterShoomy
Can CFL players even afford steroids? Will banks offer loans for that kind of thing?
October 19, 2006 | Unregistered CommenterAsphinctersayswhat
Ah, but Dick Pound had an answer for that. It's worth shelling out for the steroids, because the salaries they subsequently get are "$70,000 or $80,000 you wouldn't be getting if you were running a parking lot."

You can really tell that Dick Pound loves people, can't you?
October 19, 2006 | Unregistered CommenterA-Rad
What happens if you're a guy on the practice roster, making $500 a week? Where do you get your fix?

CFL player: "Hi, I'd like some steroids."
Cashier: That will be $550, please.
CFL player: "Er, would you accept a two-for-one coupon for Spam?"
Cashier: Ummmm, I'm sorry, sir.
CFL player: "Wait! Wait! What about this one, for 20 cents off Raisin Bran? I'm regular enough -- I need bulk."
October 19, 2006 | Unregistered CommenterAsphinctersayswhat
Maybe that's why you get that second job working in the parking lot.
October 20, 2006 | Unregistered CommenterA-Rad

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