It should be up to baseball to clean up their own sport. I am sick of politicians sticking their nose in things just so they can get their faces on tv and their names in the paper.
2007-07-20 02:58:35 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sports ➔ Baseball
They take on high profile issues that most people will agree with. No one thinks that taking steriods is a good thing, even if you don't care one way or another, you probably are not in FAVOR of steroids. So congress can "take a stand" and show the public that they are doing their jobs, when what they really are doing is campaigning for re-election.
2007-07-20 04:50:12 · answer #1 · answered by I play the game 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Steroids are a serious issue in this country and not just in baseball. They have leaked into all different kinds of sports, and have even creeped into high school sports to some degree. Baseball has contributed to this problem by not cleaning up its' own mess, and by basically sticking its' head in the sand about this issue as long as attendance was up. It was not until Congress came in and questioned players about it that they finally got a policy in place that will result in definite, severe punishments for those who violate the rules. The job of Congress is to establish the laws of this country, and to some degree, to uphold them. Keep in mind that baseball enjoys, courtesy of Congress, exemption from anti-trust laws. They are, in effect, a government supported monopoly. Therefore, they are subject to investigation by the government for illegal activity in the same way that utility companies (which are often monopolies in a particular area) are. I think Congress has actually been very patient with baseball. The question I would have is why are they not investigating the use of steroids and other performance enhancing drugs in other sports or the "sports-entertainment" (pro wrestling) field? Baseball had every opportunity to clean up its' own act, and failed to do so. Its' policy regarding the use of these drugs has basically been money driven, and now they are going to pay the piper for their indifference to this issue.
2007-07-20 04:13:06 · answer #2 · answered by artistictrophy@sbcglobal.net 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It should also be up to baseball teams to use their own money to build their own stadiums and not ask for tax breaks to help their franchises : that's not what happened. Since public funding was provided and tax breaks were granted it isn most definitely within the rights of Congress to investigate how the public money is being used .
Article I Section 8 of the US Constitution gives Congress the power to regulate interstate commerce i.e.MLB
2007-07-20 04:56:18 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Congress has oversight into this and other issues because of Baseball's antitrust exemption.
2007-07-20 04:41:30 · answer #4 · answered by Jeff S 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
they butt their nose in a lot of different things.. they want to "protect the country" which isnt exactly the best way to take a situation at hand
2007-07-20 05:06:16 · answer #5 · answered by Lizzze 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it's the governments roundabout way telling the nation that the use of steroids is very bad. you would not believe the number of America's youngsters that are into the use of steroids.
2007-07-20 03:16:24 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
B/c you have athletes dying at a young age or getting on hard drugs after their playing days are over.
2007-07-20 03:02:43 · answer #7 · answered by J Dub 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Steroids are already illegal, what's congress going to do, make them double illegal. They are just grandstanding, showing everyone that they are on top of all our problems.
2007-07-20 03:16:16 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
They have to because Selig doesn't do anything.
2007-07-20 03:47:11 · answer #9 · answered by red4tribe 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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Hedwig dies on pg. 56
Mad-Eye dies on pg. 78
Scrimgeour dies on pg. 159
Wormtail dies on pg. 471
Dobby dies on pg. 476
Snape gets bitten on the neck by Nagini, dies on pg. 658
Fred Weasley gets blown up on pg. 637
Harry gets ****** up by Voldemort on pg. 704
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Voldemort gets killed by his own rebounding curse on pg. 744
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2007-07-20 03:05:31 · answer #10 · answered by the_nuge187 1 · 0⤊ 4⤋