Steroids in Baseball

It seems to get worse each and every new news report that leaks out. Some of the biggest stars of the game over the last decade are being accused of taking steroids at some point during their major league career. It has become so disheartening that fans do not knowing what to believe or who to root for anymore. With each new name that is leaked we as fans are losing idols, role models, and faith in the game.

The debate to when the steroids era began is just that a debate. Most people put the time frame around the late 1990’s when the homerun races were beginning to heat up. With each new record broken other players wanted a piece of the action and would do anything to get there.

What is said is it may not have even been the records that many of these players were chasing, but rather the celebrity feeling. Baseball players became pop culture icons for a time being and everyone would stop and watch with each new homerun and watched, as another record was broken.

Those were not in the spotlight felt left out of the glitz and glam of the highlight reels. This spun a jealousy that propelled people to find new ways to get an edge over the competition.

It probably started with work out supplements that became controversial. Reporters questioned many baseball players as to what they were taking for their work out regimen. Stretching the limits became a way of life and with each new revelation came a following to get the upper hand.

This created a snow ball effect with more and more players taking performance enhancing drugs, because they say that others were doing it. There seemed to be no moral police at this time, and no one stood up to say no.

Another big issue is the case of ballooning contracts. When players would sign multi million dollar contracts they had the weight of the world on them to perform, and perform at the highest level. This type of pressure would cause most anyone to resort to some form of an edge.

Now that these names are being released and more names are sure to come out, there needs to be a way for the game to get its integrity back.

We have heard a few players come out and take the issue head on by admitting to their wrong doings and then apologizing for it. Many of these players, while no one has forgotten what they did, have been forgiven. They stood up as individuals and admitted their wrong doing.

Then you have the other set of names who continue to deny and deny. No matter what type of evidence there is against them, they continue to say nothing. The only thing this has done for many of these players is smear their name even more. By not saying anything they are doing themselves and the game an injustice.

While no one knows how long steroids have been a problem, one thing is for sure, and that is it was a huge problem. There was a lack of oversight and personal accountability that turned professionals into amateurs.

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