15 months after her stint in federal prison, five-time Olympic track medal winner Marion Jones is making a comeback--but not as a runner. In 2007, the feted athlete lost all five Olympic track medals and was slapped with a prison sentence upon admitting to having taken steroids and lied about it. Now, the disgraced Olympian has announced that she plans on returning to competitive sports by way of professional basketball, either in the WNBA or in Europe. Sports bloggers aren't finding the choice of sport all too surprising; Jones was, after all, a scholarship player at the University of North Carolina. But what effect, if any, might the scandal-ridden Jones have on the WNBA? Here, two conflicting opinions on the matter:

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