Through the words of John Singleton, the director of the 30 for 30 documentary "Marion Jones: Press Pause" he unravels the truth about how Marion Jones ruined her track career. Initially, the film brings emotions of depression to the audience as they hear sad music and see Marion Jones confess to the public about how she had lost so much because of the use of sports enhancement drugs. We see her breakdown in front of reporters and news stations as she is explaining to the public how she pleaded guilty to lying about taking these drugs to federal agents which led to a 6-month prison sentence. In prison, she is able to adapt to life although she does not have her husband or her kids by her side until she got herself landed into solitary confinement for defending herself from one of her cell mates. She was forced into a small room with little light for 23 hours a day for 50 days, and usually Jones would get to go outside, but not always. We listen to her as she explains her workout routine in this small room, and it is even more horrible as we learn her watch was taken away which allowed her to keep time. Jones had to make a calendar to keep the days right, and when she was taken out of solitary confinement she was excited to go back into prison even though that does not really make any sense. Jones is able to put this behind her and move on in life as she returned to husband to have another kid. She worked her butt of trying to improve her basketball skills which landed her a spot on a WNBA team! Marion Jones story may have ended on a good note, but there is no way that any of her past experiences will ever escape her.
In John Singleton's 30 for 30 documentary,
"Marion Jones: Press Pause" the audience is able to hear the truth behind a track star who lost it all. Think about this, has any other sports phenomenon who took steroids or other enhancement drug ever spent ANY time prison except for Marion Jones. Yes, she broke the hearts of many and shocked millions, but was all of this prison worthy? The answer is blatant, NO. This was an absurd punishment and there is no way to describe how unfair it was. Many critics have said that this only happened because she was the best of the best and she was African American. This is not true because when you put the facts together it does not make sense. A list of black athletes that have taken steroids are Barry Bonds who hit dingers in the MLB, Lance Armstrong a saint at bicycling, and Hulk Hogan a professional fighter. They did not receive any jail time, but they did have their records taken away. My final opinion is that Marion Jones went to jail based on other people being jealous. She was famous for something that looks so easy, but is actually really difficult. Jones was an Olympian and let me be frank her medals should of been stripped away. I bet my life that there have been more then a handful of Olympic Gold Medalists who have never been caught. Yes, its not fair to cheat, but is fair to cheat Jones out ever running the sport she loves again?
"Marion Jones: Press Pause" the audience is able to hear the truth behind a track star who lost it all. Think about this, has any other sports phenomenon who took steroids or other enhancement drug ever spent ANY time prison except for Marion Jones. Yes, she broke the hearts of many and shocked millions, but was all of this prison worthy? The answer is blatant, NO. This was an absurd punishment and there is no way to describe how unfair it was. Many critics have said that this only happened because she was the best of the best and she was African American. This is not true because when you put the facts together it does not make sense. A list of black athletes that have taken steroids are Barry Bonds who hit dingers in the MLB, Lance Armstrong a saint at bicycling, and Hulk Hogan a professional fighter. They did not receive any jail time, but they did have their records taken away. My final opinion is that Marion Jones went to jail based on other people being jealous. She was famous for something that looks so easy, but is actually really difficult. Jones was an Olympian and let me be frank her medals should of been stripped away. I bet my life that there have been more then a handful of Olympic Gold Medalists who have never been caught. Yes, its not fair to cheat, but is fair to cheat Jones out ever running the sport she loves again?
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