Performance-enhancing drugs are defined as: chemicals that can improve a person‘s strength, endurance, or recovery
from vigorous exercise.
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These drugs are in several categories, including stimulants, anabolic steroids, human
growth hormone and other peptides, erythropoietin (EPO), etc.
In
1999, international sports organizations formally outlawed the use of performance-enhancing drugs for their respective athletes in their respective leagues. These
organizations created an "anti-doping" code that requires a two-year suspension
of athletes caught using these drugs. The code is enforced
by the WADA and the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA).
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Major League Baseball (MLB) has had a bad history with
performance-enhancing drugs. The MLB conducted a supposedly anonymous
drug test of
MLB players in 2003. These tests revealed extensive illegal and
performance-enhancing drug use. Because of these results, in 2005, U.S.
Congress investigated the use of these drugs in the MLB. The actual
league also investigated. In 2007, the MLB released an detailed report
of
performance-enhancing drugs used by some of baseball’s most famous
players.
The list included Barry Bonds, who broke Hank Aaron’s career home run
record in 2007. Also, in 2010, Mark
McGwire confessed that he was using steroids when he broke the
single-season home-run record in 1998.
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If Barry Bonds and Mark McGwire were caught using these steroids were they stripped from there records? or did it still count?
ReplyDeleteGreat article TOM! Love the cartoon!
Even though Barry Bonds and Mark McGwire were caught using steroids, the record books still have their records intact. However, their character and actual glory will be diminished in most people's eyes. Also whether or not Barry Bonds will be inducted into the baseball Hall of Fame is certainly up for careful consideration now.
ReplyDeleteI agree its not right for them to have the record for something while using steroids but they will not have the glory like you said. Most people look at them as they shouldn't have the record.
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