because if they didnt, who knows what Congress would do? how much further would they have taken it? where would it stop?

 

Considering that steroids are an illegal substance, I think that there has to be some sort of intervention on the part of the government. Since the MLB is an interstate business, there is no way for the state athletic commissions to handle the drug testing in the MLB, so I agree with the feds stepping in and negotiating terms in the drug abuse policy.

 

marijuana and cocaine are both illegal, you dont see them tracking down touring musicians to drug test them :dunno:

 

I suggest they look into the Senior PGA Tour next. Those old guys are shady.

 

the people inside the record companies arent giving them the dope though. roids circulate thru the mlb thru the players and especially the trainers who are employed by mlb and its teams

 

many trainers are hired by the players themselves and are not employed by clubs or MLB.

like i say, i dont think steroid use is okay. i just wonder when we've gone too far by involving congress with an entertainment industry.

 

I think it's iffy the government is stepping in on this one. The MLB franchises are not essential to daily living (for most normal people), and people will not be killed en-masse, lose their life savings, be permanantly disabled etc., by these cheaters.

OTOH, I guess I'm fairly into government oversight on these issues, but that's simply because I cannot trust people to do the morally right thing when their pocketbook is on the line. Frankly, in capitalism, the final morality is defined by the dollar.

But, my end answer is that, since no public would be directly hurt due to such behavior, it should be up to the industry and the fans to make the regulation of what's acceptable. We should be worry more about the dioxins that everyone inhales every day than about what people shoot into their own veins to be better at a sport.




***edit: About drug use in business: As long as your job doesn't have an immediate effect on the safety of others, I think the drug testing should be at the individual discretion of the company.

 

^ agree with most, if not all of what you say here...

 

A company is responsible for your well being too. Without any drug testing, there's no way they can offer you insurance.

 

yes. Steroids are illegal.
they should cancel baseball.