Bullaholic
02-27-2009, 12:36 PM
I am as sick as anyone of the airtime being given to the alleged use of steroids by many big name baseball players and the associated record book and Hall of Fame debates that go with it, and I admit that I contributing to the continuation of this debate by creating this thread, but I just want to give my opinion on this subject.
To me, this is a black and white issue---period:
1. If players in the past used sterioids and they were not illegal by law or major league rules at the time they were playing, then I say there should be no asterisks in the record books nor any denial of entry into the Hall of Fame. I do not make this statement as an endorsement for the use of steroids, I don't like them one bit--but something is either legal or illegal at a given point in time---period---no gray areas.
2. Major league basball needs to declare the use of steroids by players to be illegal and adopt a '0' tolerance policy and ban a player for life testing positive for a banned substance, or they need to declare that there are no limitations on the use of legal substances of any kind.
To me, this is a black and white issue---period:
1. If players in the past used sterioids and they were not illegal by law or major league rules at the time they were playing, then I say there should be no asterisks in the record books nor any denial of entry into the Hall of Fame. I do not make this statement as an endorsement for the use of steroids, I don't like them one bit--but something is either legal or illegal at a given point in time---period---no gray areas.
2. Major league basball needs to declare the use of steroids by players to be illegal and adopt a '0' tolerance policy and ban a player for life testing positive for a banned substance, or they need to declare that there are no limitations on the use of legal substances of any kind.