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Bonds admitted that, for several years, he was using PEDs. His defense was that he didn't know what drugs his trainer was giving him.

Was he cheating? The case for Yes is that he violated MLB's rules in a way that gave him a huge advantage (pun intended -- you can see from the photos how he bulked up). The case for No is that the word "cheating" implies deliberate action and that poor Barry was, as he contended, just an innocent dupe.

As for Brady, you started out by invoking the Wells Report, but now you've moved on to what I guess is the Uponit7771 Report, in which you conclude, as the NFL did not, that the Patriots were deflating balls for a while and that Brady, unlike Bonds, was fully aware of the facts.

But let's remember the context of all this. You initially asserted that Brady was treated more favorably because he's white. But Brady was punished and Bonds wasn't. That fact destroys your thesis.

Consider two other white athletes -- Mark McGwire (baseball) and Lance Armstrong (cycling). They both (eventually) admitted to using PEDs. McGwire was not punished but Armstrong was. I don't think the pattern is that whites get preferential treatment. The pattern, instead, is that MLB has a bad record at dealing with this problem, whether it's a white player or a black player.