Would you shoot roids in your asscheeks for $100 Million?
- Thread starter franklin
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It's all about "player safety". Duh.
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Yes.
The thing is, many of these athletes are already pretty darn good. So taking roids doesn't necessarily guarantee success. I mean... I could take roids and probably still suck at baseball. It might make a difference in football in that I was decent at that sport...
Which is why it is so upsetting for these good/great baseball players. Sosa, The Rocket, Bonds, and many from this new generation of cheaters were already HOFers before they started to juice. They either did it to set even more records or to save their declining careers. All athletes must decline. Which is why it was so obvious when Bonds and The Rocket in what should have been the Twilight of their careers were setting records... Career bests.... Could you imagine Malone in his late 30s averaging 30+ pts and 15+ rebounds? Stockton, shortly after the lock out averaging 20+ pts and 15+ assists?
The reason why baseball is cracking down on roids is 2-folded. One, the players who do not juice are speaking up (finally). The MLB has a legit concern over younger players and prospects juicing at a younger age. Not only does this give them an inaccurate assessment of their prospects but it also puts a lot of pressure on them from anti-juicing groups. Where will this end if MLB stands around and does nothing? Already, there are players in HS who have died juicing up in hopes of striking gold in the MLB. It just doesn't give the MLB the type of positive pub that they want/need right now.
The thing is, many of these athletes are already pretty darn good. So taking roids doesn't necessarily guarantee success. I mean... I could take roids and probably still suck at baseball. It might make a difference in football in that I was decent at that sport...
Which is why it is so upsetting for these good/great baseball players. Sosa, The Rocket, Bonds, and many from this new generation of cheaters were already HOFers before they started to juice. They either did it to set even more records or to save their declining careers. All athletes must decline. Which is why it was so obvious when Bonds and The Rocket in what should have been the Twilight of their careers were setting records... Career bests.... Could you imagine Malone in his late 30s averaging 30+ pts and 15+ rebounds? Stockton, shortly after the lock out averaging 20+ pts and 15+ assists?
The reason why baseball is cracking down on roids is 2-folded. One, the players who do not juice are speaking up (finally). The MLB has a legit concern over younger players and prospects juicing at a younger age. Not only does this give them an inaccurate assessment of their prospects but it also puts a lot of pressure on them from anti-juicing groups. Where will this end if MLB stands around and does nothing? Already, there are players in HS who have died juicing up in hopes of striking gold in the MLB. It just doesn't give the MLB the type of positive pub that they want/need right now.
Feel like these public statements aren't worth too much. Lance Armstrong was vowing to be clean for years and when the first cases came up he was still vocal against it. Guess how that turned around?
candrew
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Every sport is cracking down on steriods. Baseball is just more vocal about it. Mainly for 2 reasons.
1-Baseball records are sacrosanct. Roger Maris had an * next to his home run record for 40 years just because he player in 162 games as opposed to 155 like Babe Ruth did. Steriods are the anti-christ to baseball purists and historians.
2- Guilt. After the 1994 strike, millions of people were ready to wash their hands of baseball. The league knew there were plenty of guys juicing in the mid to late 90's but choose to play footsy with the MLPA for years with drug testing rules while guys like McGwire and Sosa became household names and brought the sport back from the dead. The Commissioner's office sold its collective soul to steriods years ago and now they're trying to buy it back - good luck!
1-Baseball records are sacrosanct. Roger Maris had an * next to his home run record for 40 years just because he player in 162 games as opposed to 155 like Babe Ruth did. Steriods are the anti-christ to baseball purists and historians.
2- Guilt. After the 1994 strike, millions of people were ready to wash their hands of baseball. The league knew there were plenty of guys juicing in the mid to late 90's but choose to play footsy with the MLPA for years with drug testing rules while guys like McGwire and Sosa became household names and brought the sport back from the dead. The Commissioner's office sold its collective soul to steriods years ago and now they're trying to buy it back - good luck!
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