The Steelers Cheated!!!!

Well, they definitely had an edge to get through injuries helping them to win the Super Bowl...

Andy Pettitte used to come back from injuries, and that has proven to be a common reason for using steroids.

So how is it that players that go through platelet-rich plasma therapy are celebrated, but those who use steroids hated?

Dr. Neal ElAttrache, the Los Angeles Dodgers’ team physician, used platelet-rich plasma therapy in July on a partially torn ulnar collateral ligament in the throwing elbow of pitcher Takashi Saito. Surgery would have ended Mr. Saito’s season and shelved him for about 10 to 14 months; he instead returned to pitch in the September pennant race without pain.

Roger Clemens could have used a little HGH here a little Steroid there to recover from injuries and people call for his head. But Saito gets blood injected into an infected area and no harm no foul. Well maybe it's because steroids is putting a foreign substance into your system and this is different:

Platelet-rich plasma is derived by placing a small amount of the patient’s blood in a filtration system or centrifuge that rotates at high speed, separating red blood cells from the platelets that release proteins and other particles involved in the body’s self-healing process, doctors said. A teaspoon or two of the remaining substance is then injected into the damaged area. The high concentration of platelets — from 3 to 10 times that of normal blood — often catalyzes the growth of new soft-tissue or bone cells. Because the substance is injected where blood would rarely go otherwise, it can deliver the healing instincts of platelets without triggering the clotting response for which platelets are typically known.

I can't speak for everyone, but anything that goes into a centrifuge and then into my body, is more or less a foreign substance. Steroids enable you to work out harder and recover from injuries, this process essentially does one job of steroids but better. I'm not saying steroids should be legal and these types of surgeries illegal. I'm saying we shouldn't be so shocked at steroid use or think of the users as villains while players continuously look for ways to get stronger and heal quicker, the same thing they looked for in steroids.