Gibbs: It's a great embarrassment on Major League Baseball

From today's briefing:

QUESTION: If Manny Ramirez is out for 50 games, is the president disappointed in the state of professional athletics still unable -- to be able to get over this kind of violation?
GIBBS: I haven't talked with him specifically about this news, but I know he addressed this at an earlier news conference. Look, I -- I think it's a disappointment -- I think it's a disappointment to anybody that's a sports fan. I think it's a disappointment to anybody that -- that believes -- and you don't have to -- you know, you don't have to do this at a professional level to be disappointed that an athletic competition, whether you're successful or not, you believe is a group of people of individuals doing all that they can and giving all that they can and seeing how they fare against the competition, and that it violates your belief in that if any of those individuals are using something that helps them get ahead that others aren't using.
I think it's -- it's -- it's a tragedy. It's a shame. My sense is, it's a great embarrassment on Major League Baseball. And you -- you hope that each time this happens that others will recognize, if they are doing it, and stop, but regrettably it happens over and over again.