C'mon, Congress

ESPN's top story on Tuesday was about congressional hearings that hadn't even happened yet. Not the fact that pitchers and catchers reported to Spring Training, or that Livan Hernandez, arguably one of the best pitchers in the game, signed with a new team. Nope. I was about an old pitcher who may or may not have had a couple of injections of steroids several years ago. I'm sad for ESPN that they have to report this crap. They can't focus on the reason the sports network exists--to present and promote sports in America. Instead, they have turned into a type of CourTV (which now is called "TruTV"?!).

While I feel for them, the ones I really worry about are those Congressmen who feel there is nothing better to do with their time than to hunt out sports figures. (Let's not forget about Arlen Specter looking into the New England Patriots and SpyGate.) I have a list of 10 things they would be better served spending time on:

1. No Child Left Behind
2. Economy
3. Homelessness
4. Immmigration
5. Health Care
6. Poverty
7. Global Warming
8. Crime Prevention
9. Unemployment
10. "War on Terror"

You might say that many of these things overlap. That's the point. By addressing one of these things, they could have an effect on many others. By addressing Roger Clemens' supposed use of steroids, they affect........high-end drug use? I'm gonna venture that our crashing economy is a more pressing issue.

Don't get me wrong, I don't think that the Patriots should be able to secretly tape other teams' practices, NOR do I think that steroid use should be tolerated in any setting. I DO, however, think that these things can be handled internally, within the private organizations. Congress can spend its time much more wisely. Even I know that.