what would you do if you were commissioner of MLB about steroids?

Question

i would just have alot more testing

Answer 1

I put a policy in place similar to many of the states 3 strikes your out, (no pun intended) structured like this:

1st Offense - 10 game suspension with a $10,000.00 fine.

2nd Offense - 45 game suspension with a $25,000.00 fine,
season long probation and tested every
month for steroids.

3rd Offense - Suspension for 162 games, the fine assesed
would in the amount of whatever the player
is contracted to make that season including
all bonus money promised for the entire
season. Any steroid offense during or
after 3rd incident would result in a life long ban.

Answer 2

The problem is that there is only so much the commissioner can do because it is a bargaining issue between MLB and the players union. The commissioner can not just implement his own plan. Also, how can you possibly know that the testing being accomplished is not enough when the results are not published per the MLB/Union agreement? some people, very close to this issue, have estimated that Bonds has been tested (50) times since the inception of the drug testing program in 2001, and this includes tests in the off-season as well. The tests are accomplished by an independent third party subcontractor and neither MLB, the Union, or the players are advised ahead of time as to who will be tested. And since it is a random selection controlled by a computer, any player could be tested more than two times in a week or there could be months in between testing.

Answer 3

It should be zero tolerance in all sports, not just baseball. Barry Bonds makes me sick, and yet ESPN continues to get all gooey about the countdown to the most HR record. How will it even count? True, it's not been proven that Bonds has taken steroids, but look at the evidence. If you test positive from a reliable sampling that should be it. No second chances or three strikes you're out. Making the decision to take steroids destroys a players credibility, and should take away the multi million dollar deal any organization is paying you to perform at the highest level and represent the organization in a way that does not shed negative light upon it. Just like you and I in our respective jobs. How many strikes would we have?

Answer 4

How do you test for something that there is no test for? With all due respect to kyle20005, he wrote something that's straight out of a Geico commercial; "True, it's not been proven that Bonds has taken steroids, but look at the evidence." Yeah .....what?

If what frizzer says is true, and I have no doubt it is true - Bonds has come up clean a lot of times. So - if that's the case, what does it suggest? That whatever test is being administered isn't flagging whatever Bonds has in his system. SO what can the commissioner do about that? No test for HGH? Most unfortunate ... but you can only use the tests you have available.

Answer 5

i would make steroids legal. imagine how many dingers would be hit every season. Legalizing steroids in pro-ball would be as if public tv and radio were able to broadcast curse words. it will be aesthically pleasing, but morally wrong. pitchers would throw 110 mph fastballs, more bench clearing brawls(everyone loves that), amazing defensive plays, a player might swing his bat at the ump (like we all didnt wanna do that), a home team can play for a month straight(1 day off a week? I WANT BASEBALL EVERYDAY!!), more out-of-the-stadium HR's-even in indoor ballparks, and generally more baseball drama we all know and love. its only going to destroy about 100 lives(not counting friends and family) a year. Pro-Roids for the 2008 season!

Answer 6

There should be two things to get a player banned from baseball:
betting
performance enhancing drugs.

But good luck getting the player's union to go along with anything the fans want. Selig screwed the pooch and it's just going to stay screwed. He, the union, players in general, and MLB seem to have one thought in mind: Screw the fans.

Answer 7

Admit whatever the Office of MLB knows, apologize, and make public strides to eliminate violations of MLB rules and federal laws providing an unfair advantage to those who use performance enhancing drugs.

Answer 8

I'd go to Washington, bring some players who might have something to do with steroids with me, and have them hobnob with senators for hours with no real outcome in doing so.

That, my friend, is progress. But more testing isn't a bad idea. Maybe stricter enforcement. Maybe one strike you're out. Bottom line: if people believe they can get away with it, they'll keep doing it.

Answer 9

personally i'd have a lot more testing but of everyone on every team including the coaches and trainers and if anyone tested positive more than twice they'd here the following "you're fired"
they should also do that in pro-wrestling
I am SICK of steroids tarnishing wrestling.

Answer 10

If it were me I would have a lot of tests and anyone caught would be banned from the league for life. I hate sterroids and it's users.