Mr. Newt's Sporting Proposition

July, 1998

And you thought Newt Gingrich couldn't possibly come up with another boneheaded idea.The Speaker of the House has declared that our professional sports organizations--leagues, associations, tours and so forth--should automatically suspend for one year any athlete who tests positive for illegal drugs.The first conclusion we can draw from that is that Gingrich is not a basketball fan. Suspend every NBA player who tests positive for, say, cannabis, and you will be able to drive the active roster to...

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