Steriod use in the MLB - Who's to blame?

[virgo]

The Mitchell report is out. It names names ... big names. It assesses blame, from players to owners to commissioner. And it recommends change for a sport soiled by steroids.

Who do you think is to blame?

[Fish-Bait]

I say blame the corporate world.

"Mr. Bonds, if you hit 59 home runs this year we'll give you 3 million"

How can I do that homie?

"Just stick this needle in your butt twice a week and eat alot of chicken and fish."

O'tay buckwheat!

[virgo]

I say blame the corporate world.

"Mr. Bonds, if you hit 59 home runs this year we'll give you 3 million"

How can I do that homie?

"Just stick this needle in your butt twice a week and eat alot of chicken and fish."

O'tay buckwheat!

I agree. Good observation. (Wish i had thought about that when I was making the poll :) ).

I still think the players and owners are to blame, though. I mean, they didn't have to stick the needle in their arm. They had a choice and they chose wrong, unfortunately. It's like those murderers who blame their victims or their childhood as a reason why they did what they did -- almost every human being on earth has the ability to say no, in one way or another.

[dollfus46]

I put the blame on the Players Union. They're the ones blocking blood tests and interfering with the other tests, that would keep this out of the game.

[aaron]

Money has ruined sports.

[countrygirl]

I firmly believe that we are all ultimately responsible for our own actions. We have choices, and when we make the wrong ones, we have only ourselves to blame.

[Conveyor Belt]

No one shoved the needle in the arms of those who felt they couldn't compete without them.

Quit blaming everyone and take some ****ing responsibility for your actions.

****ing victim society.

[Pirate_129]

I would tend to agree with most of what has already been said. The players made individual decisions to use the banned substances as a result of the atmosphere of expectation that the owners and ,to a lesser extent, fans created surrounding sports. The player's union has a definite responsibility in this as well for their unrelenting protection of the actions of these players. Professional sports have been marred by instances like these and the other criminal actions of some players. The question is when and if society will get fed up with it. My guess is no.

[dollfus46]

Money has ruined sports.
I believe there's a quote about money being the root of all evil. I could be wrong. But, on the other hand capitalism is working.

[dollfus46]

I firmly believe that we are all ultimately responsible for our own actions. We have choices, and when we make the wrong ones, we have only ourselves to blame.

Nupe. when I screw up it's always someone else's fault. Dollfus's Law.:clap:

[dollfus46]

No one shoved the needle in the arms of those who felt they couldn't compete without them.

Quit blaming everyone and take some ****ing responsibility for your actions.

****ing victim society.

Actually I think Clemmons had someone else stick him in the butt.

[Tully Mars]

So much for taking responsibility for your own actions. The players are to blame and no one else. You can argue management, ownership and whatever else all you want. It boils down to the players and their own greed (Damn...how much money is enough for playing a game for goodness sake).

The players ultimately made the decision to use drugs. Whatever their motivation might have been doesn't displace their own personal responsibility.

[jewelms]

It boils down to the player who made the decision to take the steriods. There are hundreds of other good athletes who did it the right way and when faced with steriods, they said no. All these players had to do was say no. But they said yes. And it is no one's fault but their own. If they are looking for blame, they need to take a good, hard look in the mirror. What a sad, sad week for baseball. :-(

[EricStratton]

Not saying it was right, but the MLB didn't have a real drug policy...

[virgo]

Not saying it was right, but the MLB didn't have a real drug policy...

True. But those players knew better. They knew they shouldn't have shot up, yet they chose to do it anyway. The truth always comes out. It may take years, but eventually it all comes back to haunt you at some point.