Barry Bonds

[Frayed Knot]

They do and should take perjury seriously but it seemed like their tactic from the very beginning was to say the hell with the ringleaders and see if/how many athletes the could get to either fess-up and embarrass themselves or commit lie to avoid it; like the aim was to goad them into perjury because in the end it would make for the better publicity and perp-walks.

[Guest Edgy DC]

But who did they fail to go after? Both Comte and Anderson did time. BALCO was wrecked. Korchemny cooperated and got probation. This case may be too big and dragged out for the size of the target, but that's often what happens when rich folks like Bonds and Marion Jones decide to throw themslves into a vigorous defense instead of working out a deal. Shit drags on and the public and media get fatigued. That's certainly part of what their lawyers count on.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Ceetar wrote: Drawing Asperger's comparisons is beyond me, I don't understand it well enough to extrapolate. But wouldn't it be similar to that person trusting something enough to be true, say the digital clock in the bathroom, that he himself did not set, but a trusted friend/advisor/trainer? He trusts it's the correct time through the proxy of trusting that person?

Iffy analogy on my part, meant to illustrate that, by all reports, Bonds wasn't the I-trust-you-to-know-FOR-me kind of guy regarding supplements/diet/anything going in him or out of him. (As it just isn't in the nature of someone who's hard-wired to care about and depend on clocks and alarms to "forget" to set one... it isn't in Bonds' nature to do what he's saying he did. Apparently.)

Edgy DC wrote: This case may be too big and dragged out for the size of the target, but that's often what happens when rich folks like Bonds and Marion Jones decide to throw themslves into a vigorous defense instead of working out a deal. Shit drags on and the public and media get fatigued. That's certainly part of what their lawyers count on.

Famous, successful athletes don't seem to like to plead, even when offers are available and in their best interests.

I imagine it feels to them like losing on purpose.

[Guest Edgy DC]

I get the idea that they're willing to put their freedom and treasure on the line to protect their legacy, which they view as more valueable.

[Frayed Knot]

Conte did a bare minimum as if they were narc cops who for some reason were cutting deals with big cocaine dealers in order to lock up as many street-level users as possible rather than the other way around.
I have no sympathy for Bonds, Jones and the rest, it just always seemed to me the the priorities were skewed in this whole mess.

[Guest Edgy DC]

If Bonds and Jones had rolled on their suppliers, they wouldn't be looking at ten seconds.