The American sportswriter Tom Verducci explains about debates related to rughts of steroid users to be chosen for the Baseball Hall of Fame. But as it usually happens, this explanation displays just confusion of writers 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 sportswriters who are members of the BWAA already not less than 10 years have right to vote for up to 10 players for the Hall of Fame.
Recently it was a debate between members of the BWAA. They discussed whether admitted or only suspected users of steroids and other prohibited preparations might entry into Cooperstown.
Members of the BWAA usually should comment their votes: they must explain why they have voted pro or contra certain questions. Some of them claim that doping destructs the integrity of sports and usage of banned products is often claimed by them to be immoral.
As for Tom Verducci, he doesn’t believe that usage of steroids is necessarily a moral question. This sportswriter says that steroids help users to take unfair advantage over those who don’t administrate prohibited medications. According to this writer, performance-enhancing drugs make competitions unfair. Thus, usage of banned drugs promotes unfairness in sports. That’s why Verducci denies any link between doping and morality. He claims that it is a question that is connected with performance but not to morality. So, Verducci supposes that steroid users must not be allowed to be in the Hall of Fame. But he has voted for Jeff Bagwell, an admitted steroid user. This athlete has acknowledged that he had taken androstenedione. It is necessary to notice that this drug was not enumerated among anabolic steroids, when Bagwell used it. According to the Control Act 2004, it is listed among banned drugs. Since it wasn’t legally considered to be a steroid, Verducci decided to vote for the consumer of this drug; however, it was always called an anabolic-androgenic steroid by specialists. Furthermore, it was said that Bagwell just became bigger but didn’t promote his performance due to intake 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 Tom Verducci doesn’t agree that doping is a moral question, he may suppose that increase of performance is not a real problem.
Many persons suggest that administration of steroids represents evil because they are illegal.
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