Should the government get involved in baseball/steroids

but if steroid use is that rampant....doesn't it still make Bonds a standout?

Sport leagues have their own commissions and governing bodies. Surely they should be able to handle their own dilemmas without government interference. It shouldn't come out of our taxpayer pockets, which it would eventually boil down to.

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U.S. Federal Law

The Anabolic Steroids Control Act of 1990 became law on November 29, 1990, when former President Bush signed the Omnibus Crime Control Bill. The law applies in every Federal court across the country. It places steroids in the same legal class - Schedule III -- as barbiturates, LSD precursors, veterinary tranquilizers like ketamine and narcotic painkillers like Vicodin. Simple possession of any Schedule III substance is a federal offense punishable by up to one year in prison and/or a minimum fine of $1,000. Simple possession by a person with a previous conviction for certain offenses, including any drug or narcotic crimes, must get imprisonment of at least 15 days and up to two years, and a minimum fine of $2,500. Individuals with two or more such previous convictions face imprisonment of not less than 90 days but not more than three years, and a minimum fine of $5,000, just for simply possessing. Selling steroids, or possessing them with intent to sell, is a federal felony. An individual who sells steroids, or possesses with intent to sell, is punishable by up to five years in prison (with at least two additional years of supervised release) and/or a $250,000 fine. An individual who commits such a violation after a prior conviction for a drug offense faces up to ten years imprisonment (with at least four additional years of special parole) and/or increased fines.

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Lady J wrote:

Sport leagues have their own commissions and governing bodies. Surely they should be able to handle their own dilemmas without government interference. It shouldn't come out of our taxpayer pockets, which it would eventually boil down to.

So let's pull their legal monopoly status and make them all fend for themselves. Apparently they couldn't handle that themselves.

Say what ya want about gov't involvement, I think the free market will sort this one out.

Baseball has fallen on hard times these last ten years, and this certainly doesn't help matters. Personally, I think Bonds should have every one of his MVP trophies revoked.

Stupid juicer, ruining the game for everyone else!

Cycloptichorn

fishin' wrote:

Lady J wrote:

Sport leagues have their own commissions and governing bodies. Surely they should be able to handle their own dilemmas without government interference. It shouldn't come out of our taxpayer pockets, which it would eventually boil down to.

So let's pull their legal monopoly status and make them all fend for themselves. Apparently they couldn't handle that themselves.

Would that mean all "professional" sport teams would then become employees of the Federal government?

Lady J wrote:

fishin' wrote:

Lady J wrote:

Sport leagues have their own commissions and governing bodies. Surely they should be able to handle their own dilemmas without government interference. It shouldn't come out of our taxpayer pockets, which it would eventually boil down to.

So let's pull their legal monopoly status and make them all fend for themselves. Apparently they couldn't handle that themselves.

Would that mean all "professional" sport teams would then become employees of the Federal government?

No. It would mean the existing professional leagues like MLB, the NFL, NBA and NHL would all be split up just like AT&T was a few decades back. They would lose their exemptions to the Anti-trust laws that were granted by the Congress.