Gov't intervention in steroid problem?

The word is getting out, and many records are beginning to be questioned. There are claims floating around that many of our major winning athletes have taken performance enhancing drugs to help give them an edge on the competition, some of which include Barry Bonds, Olympic athletes and many more. Now the question is becoming, if they did use steroids which were banned from their sport, what should the penalties be? Lawmakers are warning that if Major League Baseball doesn’t create stricter enforcement of their steroid use policy, that they will be forced to step in and require stricter testing and penalties. John McCain has said that he would like to see all professional athletes being tested at the same standards as the Olympics. In the past week many were accused in the media that they were reported of taking steroids for enhancement. There has been talk that some of their records could be removed, including Bonds record of 73 homeruns in one season. In the major league, testing once a year is required but that policy expires in 2006, and Bud Selig would like to see that policy extended. Selig has promised a crack down on the issue and harsh penalties for those who broke the rules. Bill Frist has also said that if the problem can’t be addressed by the leagues themselves that government intervention will be pushed as necessary to fix the problem. Part of the concern comes from the fact that young Americans look up to the players and we don’t want them to follow in those players footsteps with the steroid use.

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