| As I sat down to watch the interview of former track | | | | imagine if someone offered me some kind of |
| star Marion Jones on the Oprah Winfrey Show I | | | | supplement? I'll have to send it to the lab at the FBI. |
| wanted to hear her side of the story. | | | | Maybe Marion didn't want to know. Another thing that |
| I was shocked along with the rest of the country | | | | bothered me about the interview is that Oprah did not |
| when she admitted that she had lied to federal agents | | | | broach the subject of the check fraud scam. I'm |
| and she would be going to prison for the next six | | | | assuming that was a stipulation before Marion Jones |
| months. | | | | granted the interview. But that bit of key information |
| I thought she was a young, beautiful, talented athlete | | | | goes to her character. If she were part of a check |
| that would take the world by storm. And she did. The | | | | fraud scam is it really that far fetched to believe that |
| last time a track athlete had mesmerized me it was | | | | she would take an illegal substance? |
| when Flo Jo, Florence Griffith Joyner was running. And | | | | Her explanations bordered on ridiculous. After |
| it was like Marion Jones was the second coming. I | | | | someone slips me a performance enhancing drug that |
| watched her track meets, the Olympics, and read | | | | could ruin my career, jeopardize my health etc... I don't |
| countless articles about her. She was a star. | | | | say anything to them and I continue to work with them. |
| So as I watched her interview with Oprah Winfrey I | | | | Are you mad? |
| had an open mind. I wanted to believe her explanation | | | | It's commendable that now Marion Jones wants to |
| of the events that took place. Unfortunately, I did not. | | | | reach out and help the youth. And maybe they could |
| I don't believe that she didn't know what she was | | | | learn from her mistakes. But who are you helping if |
| taking. It just doesn't make sense. And that's me | | | | those you would like to lead don't fully trust you? |
| wording it nicely. Who puts a substance in their mouth | | | | I do believe that Marion regrets what happened and |
| without knowing what it is? | | | | that she is truly sorry. But I can't empathize with |
| If a friend offered me a chocolate chip cookie, before I | | | | someone I feel is not being totally truthful. There still is |
| take it I have some questions. Is it store bought or | | | | deceit in that. |
| homemade? Who makes this cookie Keebler or | | | | However, I do wish her the best and maybe |
| Nabisco? You see where I'm going with this. So just | | | | something good can come out of all of this. |