Marion Jones’ Fall From Grace – A Reminder to Always Do the Right Thing

I’ve been a fan of the Olympic Games for as long as I can remember. That is why reading about track star Marion Jones’ fall from grace on the sports pages of several daily newspapers and plenty of broadcast stations gave me serious pause. She took performance enhancing drugs and lied about it for years. And her list of other mis-steps seems to be growing by the day as reporters dig in to learn more. The glare of the television cameras is sweet when the medals are placed around your neck, and the opposite is true when you do the wrong thing. Sadly, the disgrace will last forever as a result of the lasting impact of the media. As I said to my ten-year-old son after reading the papers last week, “Please, just always do the right thing. It’s never wrong to do that.”