Sports Legislated

Go ahead. Try and be a sports fan this summer. I dare you. To say that you are a sports fan these days is to say that you are also a fan of litigation and overt drama that has little or nothing to do with the game. Baseball, Cycling, Basketball, Football - they are all mired in the questionable practices of the stars and those who maintain them.
Barry Bonds finds himself in a race not just to see if he can set the all-time record for hitting home runs in a career, but to be able to do it before the truth about his performance enhancing drug use catches up to him. Did anyone bother to tell commissioner Bud Selig that when he shows up to watch a team that is thirteen and a half games out of first place he is giving tacit approval of a scene that is at best objectionable, if not illegal?
At the end of the sixteenth stage of the Tour de France today, police were seen leading Cristian Moreni away from the Cofidis team bus. He failed a blood test, and French authorities have very strict laws against trafficking in doping products. Yesterday, Alexandre Vinokourov and his entire Astana team were sent home after he tested positive for a banned blood transfusion. The Cofidis team has subsequently pulled out of the Tour as well.
Back across the pond, David Stern is wincing in anticipation of further revelations of betting among NBA referees. He may be thankful that his organization is not facing the public relations nightmare that is the NFL. Three high profile players have been arrested, indicted or simply under direct suspicion for all manner of vile activity. Michael Vick is just he most recent and high profile example, but then there's the Cincinnati Bengals who led the league in courtroom appearances.
If professional athletics are a mirror of our own society, in the same way that movies and television reflect the world in which we live, then who do we have left to root for? I suppose for the time being, we'll have to start making a list of of fantasy litigators.