and quality of pitchers, but people fail to recognize these and use PEDs as a scapegoat. Also, in the 2009 Hall of Fame, two members of the inducting class, Ferguson Jenkins and Paul Molitor were busted for using cocaine in the 1980s. They are only but a few of what is sure to be many players who have been caught using illegal drugs that are now inducted into the hall of fame. If players who were caught with these drugs are still eligible, why shouldn’t players who admitted to using PEDs be able to (Chafets 2009)? The use of PEDs throughout the MLB was surely a thing back in the day, but the question on whether or not they truly enhanced an individual’s performance is still unsure.
With all of the new laws and research on PED use, it has introduced …show more content…
The MLB has tried to level the playing field by applying different drug test and suspending those guilty. The thing is, countless numbers of players still take these substances and either get away with it, or deal with their suspension and come back with the effects of the drugs still in play. Big name players such as Melky Cabrera and Starling Marte are both coming back from fifty game suspensions and are putting up career highs statistically speaking (Smith 2016). Its argued that if the MLB really wants to level the playing field, it may be time they took into consideration legalizing PEDs. Not only would this level the playing field for all players, the game would be played at a much higher level. A great part of watching sports is observing the peak of different humans’ athletic abilities and making them legal would allow these athletes to climb even higher. It also makes sense on the business side for the MLB, in the 1990s when Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa were putting up record setting numbers even people who were not interested in the sport tuned into watch their games. Jersey sales were off the charts, games were sold out, and baseball was at its peak of
With all of the new laws and research on PED use, it has introduced …show more content…
The MLB has tried to level the playing field by applying different drug test and suspending those guilty. The thing is, countless numbers of players still take these substances and either get away with it, or deal with their suspension and come back with the effects of the drugs still in play. Big name players such as Melky Cabrera and Starling Marte are both coming back from fifty game suspensions and are putting up career highs statistically speaking (Smith 2016). Its argued that if the MLB really wants to level the playing field, it may be time they took into consideration legalizing PEDs. Not only would this level the playing field for all players, the game would be played at a much higher level. A great part of watching sports is observing the peak of different humans’ athletic abilities and making them legal would allow these athletes to climb even higher. It also makes sense on the business side for the MLB, in the 1990s when Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa were putting up record setting numbers even people who were not interested in the sport tuned into watch their games. Jersey sales were off the charts, games were sold out, and baseball was at its peak of