You're right. I can see my earlier suggested words could be read as proposing he become an 'advocate'. I didn't really mean it that way. Either way I agree it is unreasonable to expect that of him.
He really just needs to say, with Gus or someone sitting beside him:
"I take full responsibility for my actions. There are no excuses for what I did.
Performance enhancing drugs cannot be justified under any circumstance, are harmful and have no place in sport.
I also thank the Bulldogs for giving me this chance."
That's all. He only has to do that once. The club can take it from there. The media will not let go of this otherwise. We can be 100% sure of that.
The club has a corporate social responsibility (CSR) to make sure there is a clear message.
Powerslide made a good comment too. I've never taken much notice of Sandow or any one else caught using PEDs. But its a good point and the NRL also has a CSR to communicate to young men that hard work is the best way to fitness or whatever they are trying to achieve in life. They're the ones making $$$ out of professional athletes, so they're responsible for making sure the players are good role models.
I'm only buying in to this topic now because I have always supported CB-Bulldogs and the local communities. There are a lot of challenging social issues in the area as I'm sure you know very well, and steroid abuse as a driver of domestic violence is one of them.
This is actually a growing social issue, especially because of the proven links between steroid abuse and domestic violence, assault and general anti-social behaviour...
There is nothing wrong with taking social issues seriously.
I appreciate the positive responses to my posts in this thread.
I probably need to sign-off from the thread. I'm seriously starting to repeat myself.
