Influence of drugs in sports - Barry Bonds

[Jurassic Referee]

Originally posted by Jurassic Referee

Those cortisone injections are an example of somebody legally using a type of steroid under a doctor's care. I woulld imagine that would apply to more than a few officials on this forum too. They're about as far from what Bonds and the other juicers were doing as you can get. Apples and watermelons.

Why?

A performance enhancing drug enhances performance whether you get it from an MD or a gym rat with connections.

[/B][/QUOTE]Why? Because a steroid being used for a specific purpose under a doctor's direction is completely different than somebody ingesting horse steroids to add muscle or bulk. Most steroids are prescribed to aid healing or alleviate certain problems- ex: joint trauma or asthma. They are not performance enhancers per se, unless you count walking and breathing as "performance". What Bonds and the other juicers are using has got nuthin' to do with that. I've had all kinds of steroid injections over the years- both knees, back- and ingested different steroids also-ex. prednisone(which is about the strongest one around). I didn't turn into Mr. PotatoHead like Bonds did.

Good explanation here:
http://www.globalchange.com/steroids.htm

Of course, I also do agree with you that MLB was jumping up and down when McGwire and Sosa were having their homerun battle. They coulda cared less that steroids were involved. It certainly did take Canseco and the U.S. government to pull their head outa their butts. They're hardly unique there though. What professional sport anymore really cares about anything except maximizing their investment?