It is not about the performance enhancement anymore it is about BarryBonds lying to the GRAND JURY! Every single athlete that admitted use has been left alone and have moved on with their lives.Giambi,A-rod,Mcgwire,Romanowski etc...
The ones that this mess will not just go away for are the ones such as Bonds, Marion Jones(who did time!) and now Clemens who wouldn't give it up and stuck to their lies.
Barry Bonds will not get into the Hall of fame as there will always be an unofficial asterisk by his name right or wrong.
But now he is past the point of no return and he may now only be able to plea or cut some type of deal and even that is a slim chance.