Measures The Baseball League Is Taking To Curb Drug Use
It is sad but true that over the last Decade there seems to have been a big rise in the number of so called super athletes that have been suspected ...
It is sad but true that over the last Decade there seems to have been a big rise in the number of so called super athletes that have been suspected of enhancing their performance with the help of drugs. Many times there has been a great performance by an athlete only for it to be later suspected of being drug enhanced.
How then is it possible to compare the performances of today’s top class athletes with those of yesteryear? The athletes of years ago never had the choices of today’s enhancing drugs to help them attain their status as the top athletes of the day.
Many fans of sport such as Major league Baseball have started to become disillusioned with the whole drug cheat scenario and have decided not to turn up for any more sporting events.
Although the latest facts and figures show that Baseball attendances are only down by about 2 percent it is a major concern. This is mainly due to the fact that many other sporting events have seen increased attendances. No league wherever it is wants to see their attendances dropping.
The governing bodies of many sports are trying to stem the flow of the drug taking. Bud Selig who is the Baseball Commissioner has stated that they are looking into the possibility of a blood test for Human growth Hormone which he says should be totally banned.
You could argue that it is already banned in Major league Baseball but as there is no official test to police this then it is very hard to ban somebody. There is only at the moment an honor system in place which evidently is not the best solution to the problem.
Even if any of the Baseball players decided to use enhancement drugs in their quest for a better performance, it is highly unlikely that they are going to be honorable enough to admit using them!
Still at least we can look back with fondness at yesteryears athletes, and all that they managed to achieve on their own merits without any false additional stimulus.
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