Baseball/Steriods

[imported_MAKaveli_10]

What is your opinion on this going to the American Congress? Should it have gone that far? What type of testing should be done?

 

[Butt Rubber]

im glad its gone that far because bud selig acted pretty apathetic when describing baseball's new steroid drug policy

 

[Devious]

The policy is bullshit. If you get caught using steroids, you get a 10 game suspension OR a fine instead. If you get caught more than 4 times, and it's a 1 year suspension OR a $100,000 fine. Now considering how much baseball players get paid, a $100,000 fine is like pocket change. If I had my way, it would be a 1 year suspension the first time, and after that you would be banned from MLB permanently. And there would be no option to pay a fine instead. Period. And yes it should have gone this far because it's getting out of control. If someone breaks a record, how do you know if it's legit or not? If you use steroids, it's cheating. End of conversation.

 

[Silleone]

good, cheating in sports is plain fucked up, especially when a dude trains for his whole fucking life then to be out done by some fucking juiced up idiot, athletes that use steriods are not athletes, these "extreme" measures will further warn of anyone else that tries to cheat.

 

[AmerikazMost]

they should make it a 30 day suspension for the first time, one year for the second, and kicked out for the third. we need this bullshit out. i want to say one year for the first time, but mistakes can happen.

 

[imported_MAKaveli_10]

For me they should have a 50 game suspension and 500,000 dollar fine for the first time, second 1 million dollar fine and season suspension and third time out of baseball.

 

[ShockA]

Should be kicked out of baseball on first offense.... absolute bullshit

 

[imported_MAKaveli_10]

That would work too.

 

[HitEmUpOutDaParK]

Unbelieveable how this sport would seemingly go to ruins, but it's still very popular. But these are keeping it from competing with the NBA and NFL. Hopefully they get this shit cleaned up fast, this is one sad era for baseball.

But really, I'm not here to talk about the past, I'm here to talk about the future

 

[Ristol]

Watching the hearings, I got increasingly tired of those parents whose two sons killed themselves, supposedly in some steroid-related depression. Yes, ballplayers are role models. No, Jose Canseco did not raise your kids. Why didn't they know not to do drugs in the first place? Why didn't you try to get help for them when you realized there was a problem? Seems to me like these parents are trying to pass the buck, blaming Sammy Sosa for their sons' suicides.

That said, the steroids make me sad. I'm sad because the records really don't mean much. Watching Mark McGwire do what he did in 1998, I was awestruck. I'll never forget it. But looking back, he was probably just incredibly doped on performance enhancing substances, steroids or not.

 

[Devious]

Now that I think about it, since it's baseball, it should be 3 strikes, you're out: 1st time - 2-month suspension and $50,000 fine, 2nd time - 1 year suspension and $500,000 fine, 3rd time - That's it, banned permanently from baseball, and all stats removed from the record books. I mean the way it's set up now, guys will keep using them if they know they have a choice of suspension or fine. Who the hell is going to take the suspension over a measly fine? They just pay and keep using.