Should Bonds, McGwire or Sosa be allowed to break records, when steroids are used?”
Now let me explain. #1 should athletes who use drugs or steroids to enhance their performance be placed in another group when it comes to breaking records? No. My primary issue with this is that there is no way to know if players during those days took drugs or not. Because no testing took place it is difficult to say if the Babe took cocaine or not. #2 Why doesn’t professional sports get tough on drug/steroid use? I think this comes down to excitement. With people having shorter and shorter attention spans – games have to be more exciting. The players have to be able to draw crowds. Baseball isn’t the problem – the fans are the problem. Baseball is just reacting to what the majority of fans want. It’s all about money… #3 Doesn’t it make breaking the record for Bonds ’cheaper’ since he uses performance enhancing drugs? I would hope so. I hope that whoever uses drugs to break a record feels that it is a cheapened accomplishment. However – this does not mean that drugs can do it for yo