The inescapable conclusion of the Mitchell report is that baseball is incapable of policing itself, government intervention mandating independent testing is necessary. The union had players stonewall the investigation. Only players named were those using lacking the foresight that their suppliers would get caught and they would have documentation backing their claims.
Baseball has no incentive to police itself, with higher turnover, stars more frequently injured and out longer will cause the public interest to flag, would adversely impacting revenue streams. The players looking for the multimillion dollar paydays don't want that threatened either, most know they could get replaced for less money.
2007-12-17 23:22:19 · 11 answers · asked by Stewie Griffin 2 in Sports ➔ Baseball
HGH can be detected with blood tests and it appears most unlikely a reliable urine test will ever be developed. Yet another reason why government intervention calling for blood testing to be done, something you will never find the union agreeing to.
BTW, this is perfectly consitutional. so long as there are no criminal liability that would attach.
2007-12-18 05:24:04 · update #1
Yes, Stewie... some of do!
2007-12-17 23:29:38 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
you are right. then also throw in the fact that hgh is not something that can be tested for right now and you have a major problem. i think they should allow all athletes to take performance enhancers. yes i know that isnt a popular point of view but consider this. first the notion of fairness in sports is a fallacy. drugs are already rampant in all professional sports. just look at the tour de france and the olympics, drugs are out of control. the nfl wants you to believe they dont have a problem but 3 carolina panthers bought steroids before the super bowl and were only implicated when the doctor was busted. so clearly there is a problem that sports are struggling to tackle. for some reason as fans we want to have this notion of things being fair even when all the evidence tells us it isnt. i mean juiced balls, come on, we were kidding ourselves on that one. i say let them take whatever drugs they want since right now we cant keep them from doing that. especially with hgh which i'm sure is being used rampantly in all sports because of its undetectable nature. maybe making drugs legal in sports would encourage more players to use them but look at the steroid era in baseball, imagine the pressure to use there when the both the best players and the journeymen are using. you'd have to have alex rodriguez confidence in yourself to not think you needed to use. until we can test for everything and we are ahead of the curve on new performance enhancers we might as well make it legal. then maybe some athletes would see they dont really need it.
2007-12-18 05:08:06 · answer #2 · answered by asg_is_chillin 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
First off...let me say that you should be a writer. To answer your question, I would YES we want to see an end to this nightmarish grey cloud known as "HGH and Steroids." Unfortunately, the problem is....until there is a 100% effective way to test for both substances, the game will always emit this dark shadow. Let's face it, this issue is going to be around for a long, long time. If not forever. It's very sad because Baseball is the great American game. And now, it's been tarnished and scarred.
2007-12-18 01:22:19 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Brian T took the words out of my mouth. There is no place for steroids in athletic competition where valued records are held. Cheating IS cheating no matter how much or little a player has done steroids or HGH. It needs to be removed from all athletics.
2007-12-18 02:55:11 · answer #4 · answered by jekel 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
of course i want to see steroid/hgh use removed
remember back in the day when cheating used to be a bad thing?
come on now! i like to watch real players play the game.. naturally.
if one player takes something that's like saying i wanna win more than i love the game and that's wrong in my eyes. not right to teach little leaguers that taking steroids and hgh is ok
2007-12-18 06:45:09 · answer #5 · answered by ♥ mimi ♥ 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, when baseball first started there was no such things as steriods and we had some great players out there who did it on their own! It's not fair to the history of baseball to have players cheat by using steriods and it's not fair to the players who are trying to be great without it.
2007-12-18 01:43:43 · answer #6 · answered by poopykins81 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Sports, or competition in general is person versus person to find out who the best is. Cheating of any form should be eliminated. I despise Bonds for breaking a legitimate record but cheating to do it. I feel the same way if there is evidence on Clemens. I want it out, never wanted it in. This sucks
2007-12-18 00:14:32 · answer #7 · answered by Brian T 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes
2007-12-18 04:05:06 · answer #8 · answered by ? 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
To be removed from baseball? Who ever said it should be in it the first time?
Seriously, I want to know!
2007-12-17 23:38:52 · answer #9 · answered by Choro-Kun 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes,it can ruin your body I would not want my favorite player taking them.
2007-12-19 01:31:48 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋