“It’s all about frying the little fish, getting a lot of sympathetic press and quietly sweeping the problem under the rugs.”
Except that there’s this problem with keeping the so-called ‘little fish’ quiet once they have been outed. They ain’t gonna take the hit alone, knowing what they know. Also, do you really think that the report will hold any credibility whatsoever if Bonds, McGwire, Sosa, Clemens, and many of the other obvious juicers aren’t listed?
The report won’t hold any credibility one way or the other. It was always a hollow gesture designed to make it look like the league cared, and if they got lucky to find a reason to kick Bonds out of the sport before he broke the home run record. They didn’t manage to kick Bonds out and the league doesn’t actually care. It’s a dog and pony show.