Government asks about some athletes’ erections

Some sportspersons that are suspected of steroid use become targets of the government. Federal prosecutors do almost everything in order to learn whether several athletes have administered any doping products. They don’t spare taxpayers’ funds for this purpose. Much money is spent to reveal even private life of sportspeople. According to the government, some details of their private behavior can disclose the truth about application of forbidden medicines. Thus, girlfriends of some sportspersons are interviewed by federal prosecutors.
For example, it has been reported that former girlfriends of Lance Armstrong and Roger Clemens and a former mistress of Barry Bonds have been asked about some aspects related to private life of these athletes. Which questions were asked?
Kimberly Bell, a former mistress of Barry Bonds, was asked about size of testicles of this athlete. She reported that the baseball player’s testicles were shrunken. Thus, her affirmations served as an argument that Barry Bonds applied steroids and/or other forbidden medications.
It is known that testicular atrophy belongs to negative reactions of some steroids. Thus, the government decided to find out whether Barry Bonds had had this problem. But it is an unreliable argument in order to prove that someone has administered certain prohibited substances. Steroid users can prevent this undesirable result, if they administer certain medicines for this purpose.
Mindy McCready, a former mistress of Roger Clemens, was asked whether this former baseball player had experienced erectile dysfunctions. The singer affirmed that sometimes Roger Clemens had experienced this problem.
When it comes to erectile dysfunctions, they may occur during application of steroids. But if you study information about side reactions of steroids more attentively, you can understand that this problem is more likely to appear after discontinuation of application. It happens because natural production of testosterone is normally suppressed by administration of exogenous testosterone. But since there are such products which can restore natural production of testosterone, erectile dysfunctions can be prevented.
Sheryl Crow, a former girlfriend of Lance Armstrong, was also interviewed by federal prosecutors. But questions are not disclosed. According to some suggestions, she might have been asked also about sexual abilities of the 7-time Tour de France winner.
In fact, the government has a wrong opinion in this case. Although shrunken testicles and erectile dysfunctions may occur because of steroids, these arguments are not suitable.