Tom Verducci of Sports Illustrated says about debates linked with rughts of steroid users to be voted into the Baseball Hall of Fame. But as it commonly happens, this explanation manifests just confusion of reporters about steroids.
The Baseball Writers Association of America (BWAA) is a professional association of baseball journalists that chose players for the National Baseball Hall of Fame. All journalists that are members of the BWAA already not less than 10 years have opportunity to vote for up to 10 players for the Hall of Fame.
Recently a debate took place between members of the BWAA. They discussed whether admitted or just suspected consumers of steroids and other forbidden medicines might entry into Cooperstown.
Members of the BWAA usually have to comment their votes: they should explain why they have voted pro or contra certain issues. Some of them confirm that doping destroys the integrity of sports and usage of banned products is frequently considered by them to be immoral.
As for Tom Verducci, he doesn’t think that intake of steroids is necessarily a moral question. This writer says that steroids help users to take unfair advantage over those who don’t dope. According to this writer, performance-enhancing drugs make competitions unfair. Thus, usage of banned medicines induces unfairness in sports. That’s why Verducci denies any connection between doping and morality. This sportswriter claims that it is a question that is connected with performance but not to morality. So, this writer suggests that consumers of steroids should not be allowed to be in the Hall of Fame. But he has voted for Jeff Bagwell, an admitted steroid user. This sportsperson has admitted that he had taken androstenedione. It is necessary to mention that this medication was not classified as an anabolic steroid, when Bagwell administrated it. According to the Control Act 2004, it is listed among forbidden products. Since it wasn’t legally considered to be a steroid, Tom Verducci decided to vote for the consumer of this medication; however, it was always claimed to be an anabolic-androgenic steroid by specialists. Furthermore, it was said that Bagwell just became bigger but didn’t induce his performance due to usage of androstenedione.
Nevertheless, the decision of Verducci to vote for the admitted user of the steroid is quite controversial. The following question appears: “Maybe Verducci is not against usage of steroids and other performance-enhancing drugs by sportspeople?” Since this sportswriter doesn’t believe that doping is a moral question, he may suppose that increase of performance is not a real problem.
A lot of persons suggest that intake of steroids represents evil because they are illegal.
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