Who should be blamed the most for MLB Steroid issue?

Question

all are to blame but who do you think is the most to blame.

-Majority of fans for "not caring"

-Media for not digging deeper

-Players for using the Steroids to earn more money and cement their legacy

-MLB Owners for turning their back on this since the Steroid era was bringing in the cash

-Selig for turning his eye away since the great homerun chase(all time and single season) as most say "saved baseball"

if you can think of any else feel free to chime in.

Answer 1

The vast majority of the blame belongs to Bud Selig. His lack of action is what allowed the steroid issue to balloon into the crisis that it is today.

The stuff that is coming out now is only because of Senator Mitchell's report and all the Congressional Hearings that preceded it. The Federal Government basically had to step in and do Selig's job for him.

Answer 2

There's a lot of blame to go around. The '98 homerun chase saved baseball in this country. I was one of those fans that returned...I had stopped watching baseball after the '94 strike that cancelled the World Series. The fans were enjoying the 12-9 scores and didn't care. And the owners fattened their coffers also.

However...the blame to me is primarily on the shoulders of Bud Selig and Donald Fehr. They were the most blatant in their allowances. Selig knew what was going on, he chose not to say anything as he felt it would save his rep from being the commish that cancelled the World Series. Fehr blocked attempts to allow for policing for steroids. Since steroids are illegal...wouldn't that make Fehr's activities criminal then?

If Selig and Fehr cared one iota about the dignity of the game, they'd tender their resignations right now.

Answer 3

While I think players are the first to blame, because they are the ones who chose their own paths, I think as you said every entity mentioned is to blame. I also think the pressure some fans put on players made them feel as if they were worthless if they didn't raise their performance standard every year. I think the fact that players are so greedy nowadays is another place. These guys are trying to hit 5 more HR's a year, just so they can pull in $7 million a year instead of $5 million. After 10 seasons, that $2 million is like change to them, especially with sponsorships and commercials. You could also say that players felt like they could get away with it because the fans, and the media makes these guys out to be god-like in the way they are represented in commercials, and on the news. There are tons of places to blame, but where the problem started doesn't matter. What needs to happen, is a resolution, and it needs to happen fast. I could care less about punishments, I just want the game to be enjoyable.

Answer 4

I think MLB should be blamed for this scandal. After the baseball strike msjor league attendance was down and the players were asked to do something special to get attendance up and thats when the homerun chase began between mark mcguire and sammy sosa. After this homerun chase saved baseball I think the MLB turned a blind eye to what Bonds, Palmero, and all the other MLB players were doing.

MLB is acting surprised about all the names on this new list, but truthfully they already knew this and are just acting surprised.

Answer 5

Baseball is a joke and has been since Bud Selig took over as commissioner. The commissioner should be indicted. He knew druging was going on for a long time. Unfortunatly, he turned a blind eye to it.
When he was hired as commissioner he could no longer run the Milwaukee Brewers so he hired his daughter, Wendy, to run them. Since she was last in her class at Marquette University, there were no other jobs available to her. Baseball fattened his wallet and his daughters purse.
Now Selig says: "If we were naïve or missed some signals, I accept that responsibility." What an outstanding leader we have here. Bud Selig made his money as a car dealer. What can baseball expect from a car dealer?
I say throw the bum out.

Answer 6

I think ownership and league management have a lot to be guilty about, I think they suspected and turned a blind eye to it as long as fans were coming to the ballparks. Players are as guilty because they took them hoping to get better stats and therefore better contracts. Problem is the players may be the ones to pay a higher price when they start to have the physical problems that have been associated with roids. Let s not forget the trainers and company's that made a profit off the exploitation of roids.

Answer 7

obviously selig is the root of all this. it was pretty damn obvious that steroids were around for the past 20 years and it was obvious players were using them such as the bash brothers in oakland, nolan ryan, bonds, sosa, mcguire etc...you dont have to be a genius to know something was fishy. however, selig turned his eyes away and just decided to ignore everything he saw or heard. thus creating this giant mess we have today. he ruined the game by not taking action earlier. he should demand there be blood tests to test HGH. if players refuse to do so, they obviously have something to hide. if youre clean you should have no problem with it.

Answer 8

Even tho the blame can be shared by all.. ultimately the blame comes to the individual player who decided that he would play dishonestly instead of honestly.

Same as no one makes you become a thief.. it is a conscious decision to do so

These rich spoilt brats now have to take their lumps.. and I sure hope they do.

Maybe they could start by explaining to youngsters my son's age... just why they did it.

Answer 9

I blame Selig for knowing it was happening and turning the other cheek.

Answer 10

The players who are capable of making decisions for them selves. The are paid very well and they are accountable for their actions no matter how many people are around them. Everybody wants to point the finger, but two fingers point back at them.