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Just a thought.
Okay, we keep hearing that every team sport in the world has signed up to WADA, except for the big US sports, because they're private leagues - NBA, NFL, MLB
So... if for instance MLB isn't part of the code, why was there such a big kerfuffle about players using performance-enhancing drugs? Did they have their own code that was being broken, or was it considered "America's Pastime" and so people were shocked / abhorred to think it was happening? Wasn't their testifying to Congress and everything?
Just a thought.
Okay, we keep hearing that every team sport in the world has signed up to WADA, except for the big US sports, because they're private leagues - NBA, NFL, MLB
So... if for instance MLB isn't part of the code, why was there such a big kerfuffle about players using performance-enhancing drugs? Did they have their own code that was being broken, or was it considered "America's Pastime" and so people were shocked / abhorred to think it was happening? Wasn't their testifying to Congress and everything?
I can tell you...back in those days we didn't care...we just wanted the team to win. Not saying that was right, just being brutally honest. Now if I had been a good enough player to have been drafted and knew the ticket to the majors was doing the same---I honestly have no idea what I would have personally done.
It really was a very dark period of time when you look back---the game was not better for it in hindsight. Professional players in any sport should be good enough to not have to resort to those things---I do understand the attraction and there will always be those that do it---but I think all these games can be entertaining without having to cheat like that.

