Stricter Baseball Polocies

Stricter Baseball Policies

Steroid use is illegal all throughout the country, but Major League Baseball players Jason Giambi, Barry Bonds, and Gary Sheffield may not even be punished for using steroids as professional athletes. This is stated in the ESPN article "Baseball Not Likely to Punish Bonds, Giambi, and Sheffield" published by associated press. The MLB should have stricter policies on muscle enhancement supplements and should have random drug testing rather than just two times a year on a scheduled basis. It only takes 7 days to clear one's system of any trace of steroids and players know when they are able to use and when they should take off from using steroids. These players' actions are intolerable and they should be severely punished.

Barry Bonds is currently the record holder for most homeruns hit in a single regular season. He should have this personal achievement taken away from him. He recently admitted to the use of an illegal substance called THG. It was not yet blacklisted as an illegal substance but it is just an undetectable steroid in another form. Does that make it appropriate for someone to design an undetectable form of marijuana, or even worse heroin, and have it sold on the streets for millions of adults and children to be exposed to. If an Olympic athlete is caught using steroids or caught cheating, any awards or records held by that individual are revoked. Why should this be any different for a multi-million dollar baseball player? Penalties for steroid use ban only this year. Each player is tested right before the start of spring training and then at the end of the regular season. The first offense is only counseling, and the second offense is only a 15 day suspension, and it would take up to five positive tests before a player can be banned for an entire year. The union's chief operating officer Gene Orza and executive vice president of labor relations Rob Manfred have met several times since this past may to discuss more frequent testing and harsher penalties, not to make any distinct changes. If they have met several times they should have reached a verdict and made some extreme changes towards penalties for