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In five pages this paper examines whether or not steroid abuse has tainted the professional baseball in a consideration of if there should be random drug testing, whether or not player records should be upheld if convicted of steroid use, whether there should be a ‘one strike rule,’ and if this steroid abuse by the pros has tainted baseball’s image at high school and college levels. Ten sources are cited in the bibliography.
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to become "stronger, faster," and significantly improve athletic performance (Lafee, 2006, p. 47). But they can also cause major psychological and physical side effects that are irreversible and can
cause death (Lafee, 2006). Using steroids without a medical prescription is illegal carries with it stiff penalties for users and distributors alike (Baseball, Steroids, and Kids, 2005). For
convicted users, a first offense can result in a minimum of $1,000 fine and a year in jail while distribution of the drug carries with it for a maximum penalty
of a $250,000 fine and up to five years incarceration (Baseball, Steroids, and Kids, 2005). But despite all of the media attention surrounding steroids in Major League Baseball, no
player has to date been successfully prosecuted and convicted. Nevertheless, there is a sense that steroids have cast a pall over the major leagues, which was evident when
in April of 2007, New York Mets clubhouse attendant Kirk Radomski pleaded guilty to steroid distribution, he listed twenty-three players he had provided with steroids, and although these names have
not been released to the public, there is an overwhelming consensus that Major League Baseball is not effectively handling this problem (Quinn, 2007, p. 128). After all, if 23
New York Mets players have either taken in the past or are currently taking performance-enhancing steroids, how many other players on other teams are doing the same? In early 2005,
and only after an impending federal government investigation into possible steroid abuses, Major League Baseball officials agreed upon a random testing program for professional baseball players and stiffer penalties for
testing positive including a ten-day suspension after a first offense for testing positive and a lifetime ban from the sport after a third infraction (Mitten, 2005). However, it was
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