Steroids in Baseball

Steroids in Baseball

Steroids have become a huge part of baseball in the United States. Players like Mark McGwire and Barry Bonds, who are two of the best home run hitters of all-time have been accused taking these illegal drugs. They are not the only ones however, those are just two names among hundreds of players who have been accused of taking steroids, or have tested positive for performance enhancers.
It is really too bad that players used steroids to try and break records and become the best at their sport. I’ll give it to them, it worked. I guess if you’re not cheating you’re not trying. So many players were doing it that maybe the ones who weren’t felt like they were falling behind, and maybe that lead them to do steroids. Who knows what was going through some of these guys heads. What happened, happened. So now what to do with all these new records that have been recorded during the so called “steroid era”? If you ask me, there shouldn’t be any asterisks, and records shouldn’t be taken off the books. Yes, I disapprove of players taking steroids, and no I am not a fan of any player who took steroids. However, with the huge population of players who took steroids, there is no way to figure out all the players who were taking steroids, and all the players who weren’t. Are you going to put an asterisk next to every name who played during the “steroid era”? That’s not fair to the guys who were clean. Are you going to put an asterisk next to names or completely take names off lists of players who tested positive? You could, but who’s to say the next guy on the list wasn’t taking performance enhancing drugs.
There’s definitely easy way to “fix” this. I don’t think there’s anyway to fix this at all. The records just have to stay as is. Is it fair? That’s your call. I’m still not positive, but right now that seems like the fairest way to deal with it.