Who will be on the Steroid Users List?

[southernfrat]

honestly who cares if they take steroids? they are entertainers and a lot of those names listed have kept me entertained over the past 15 years. i think steroid use on the college level or in sports with physical contact should be illegal and those violators should be punished accordingly. but major league baseball is all about homeruns and who can throw the hardest. without these two aspects baseball would be on the same downfall that hockey saw. i wouldn't even doubt that the commissioners and whoever else knew these players were taking steroids but just turned the other cheek because they were bringing attention and revenue to the game. it is all a business and on some level a show. if these athletes are going to get in trouble than i want to see a similar report conducted for hollywood actors and stars, and punishments to be handed down to so called "stars" that have used steroids for a role

[sageofages]

It is sad indeed...but frankly, after the strike, I quit watching baseball.

I just want to shout at all of them...didn't anyone pay attention to Lyle Alzado's torturous demise , even if the dr said it could not be so...makes you wonder.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyle_Alzado

Alzado is probably most remembered today for being one of the first major U.S. sports figures to admit to abuse of steroids. In the last years of his life, as he battled against the brain tumor that eventually caused his death at the age of 43, Alzado asserted that his steroid abuse directly led to his fatal illness, but his physician stated it could not possibly be true. Alzado was using natural growth hormone, harvested from human corpses, as opposed to synthetic growth hormones. Alzado is buried at River View Cemetery in Portland.

[PeppyGPhiB]

Originally Posted by southernfrat

honestly who cares if they take steroids? they are entertainers and a lot of those names listed have kept me entertained over the past 15 years. i think steroid use on the college level or in sports with physical contact should be illegal and those violators should be punished accordingly. but major league baseball is all about homeruns and who can throw the hardest. without these two aspects baseball would be on the same downfall that hockey saw. i wouldn't even doubt that the commissioners and whoever else knew these players were taking steroids but just turned the other cheek because they were bringing attention and revenue to the game. it is all a business and on some level a show. if these athletes are going to get in trouble than i want to see a similar report conducted for hollywood actors and stars, and punishments to be handed down to so called "stars" that have used steroids for a role

The problem is that if it's accepted that the pros take them, aspiring pros (read: college and high-schoolers) will follow their lead.

[Benzgirl]

Originally Posted by PeppyGPhiB

The problem is that if it's accepted that the pros take them, aspiring pros (read: college and high-schoolers) will follow their lead.

Ditto, Ditto, Ditto.
Not just that, but no one is on an equal playing field. That is why Independent, Random tests should be conducted of all pro athletes. I read an article regarding from an NBA player this year that he gets his advantage through good nutrition. He hired a chef to cook every meal for him and saw a nutritionist regularly

But then, Baseball is not quite the same. I think it was Babe Ruth that had such a love for hot dogs and cigarettes.

[southernfrat]

Originally Posted by Benzgirl

Ditto, Ditto, Ditto.
Not just that, but no one is on an equal playing field. That is why Independent, Random tests should be conducted of all pro athletes. I read an article regarding from an NBA player this year that he gets his advantage through good nutrition. He hired a chef to cook every meal for him and saw a nutritionist regularly

But then, Baseball is not quite the same. I think it was Babe Ruth that had such a love for hot dogs and cigarettes.

I was saying that in MLB who cares if they take steroids. In high school it is the parents and coaches responsibility to make sure the players are not using steroids. In college the NCAA is pretty tough on steroids, and it once again falls on the coaches also to make sure players are not using steroids. steroids have been in MLB for over 20 years and the natural beauty of baseball is tarnished and gone. records are gone due to this rampant use but baseball has become more appealing to the general public.

In all other sports steroids give a far and away advantage as they are more physically demanding (i.e. basketball players with jumping and rebounding; football players...well that's self-explanatory; hockey players with hitting the puck at a goalie and hitting eachother, not to mention they already fight all the time). Steroid use in these sports should have major punishments