Money Losers of 2007: Marion Jones is last out of the blocks

From this day forward, Marion Jones shall probably have no true rest. Such a wide swath of investigation has been opened, that the investigative leads may never cease. Through the investigation of a ring of steroid users and providers with which she was associated, it has also been shown that Marion Jones had at the very least casual ties with a high-stakes check and money laundering scheme. Let us not forget also that she's allegedly guilty of making false statements to federal investigators.

I wonder if her days of ill-gotten glory were worth the gut-wrenching misery that she must be suffering right about now. It's the obligation of every one of us to impress today's budding athletes with the seriousness of cheating at every level, and Marion Jones serves as prime example to teach that lesson. Unfortunately, I think that the pervasive attitude in sports these days is the mantra that Marion Jones fell prey to: You do what you need to in order to win and it's only wrong if they catch you. Teach your kids that it's wrong to cheat. Integrity keeps you healthy and lets you sleep at night. In my record book that's a win.

The bad news is that for every professional athlete who gets nailed for using banned performance enhancing substances, there are probably 30 others who will get away with it uncontested. To them all I have to say is:

I guess you're not the bad ass you think you are, schmuck.

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