Getting hormonal

[HoustonGM]

http://www.hardballtimes.com/main/ar...ting-hormonal/

Great read.

Jeff completely nails it here. While Selig is hoping to ratchet down the free agent market, he is also hugely concerned with how history will remember him. He is hoping to go from being the commissioner who let the steroid era happen to being the commissioner who rid the game of performance-enhancing drugs.

Selig is trying to re-write history in his favor and sadly, a lot of people seem willing to allow him to do just that. It’s up to those who covered the game in this time period (as well as the MLBPA) to remind folks early, loudly and repeatedly that this was not a "player scandal" or a demonstration of the union abusing its power. It was about everybody in the game allowing it happen because it made everybody a lot of money.

It will serve as yet another reminder that baseball’s integrity turned to adipocere a long time ago.

[LLP]

I wish Selig would stand up to the government and tell them to stop interfering in people's personal lives where they don't belong. I have absolutely no sympathy for the steroid crusade or the drug crusade in general. Nobody has the right to tell other people what they can and can't do with their own body.

[Reade]

No they don't, but they also have a right to tell you to take a walk

[ohms_law]

That's the whole thing right there. I've been Libertarian for years now, and I agree 100% that it's nobody's business what you do to yourself. On the other hand, actual businesses have a right and a responsibility to protect themselves and even the public. We don't want truck drivers who drive drunk or high, for example. I don't see a real problem with drug testing for work, as long as you know going into the job that you're going to be tested. Where it really becomes a problem is if the business wants to report you or something. If the police/government wants to get you, let them catch you themselves.

But, we're talking about PEDs and sports here, not any sort of public safety concern. The leagues do have a responsibility to protect the "sanctity" of the sport. I mean... there needs to be some sort of control placed on this stuff. On the other hand, I don't think PEDs should be banned just because. If drug companies can make PEDs that are actually safe, I personally wouldn't have an issue with their being used.