Tom Verducci of Sports Illustrated says about debates linked with possibility of steroid users to be chosen for the Baseball Hall of Fame. But as it usually happens, this explanation shows just confusion of writers about steroids.
The Baseball Writers Association of America (BWAA) is a professional association of baseball journalists who elect players for the National Baseball Hall of Fame. All sportswriters that 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 a debate took place between members of the BWAA. They discussed whether admitted or only suspected users of steroids and other forbidden medicines might entry into Cooperstown.
Members of the BWAA usually should comment their votes: they have to explain why they have voted pro or contra certain questions. Some of them claim that doping destructs the integrity of sports and administration of prohibited preparations is frequently considered by them to be immoral.
As for Verducci, he doesn’t think that intake of steroids is necessarily a moral question. He says that steroids help users to take unfair advantage over those who don’t administrate prohibited medications. According to this American sportswriter, performance-enhancing drugs make competitions unfair. Thus, administration of forbidden medications induces unfairness in sports. That’s why Tom Verducci denies any connection between doping and morality. This sportswriter claims that it is a question that is related to performance but not to morality. So, Tom Verducci suggests that users of steroids should not be allowed to be in the Hall of Fame. But he has voted for the admitted steroid user Jeff Bagwell. This sportsperson has admitted that he had used androstenedione. It is necessary to note that this product was not classified as an anabolic steroid, when Bagwell administrated it. According to the Control Act 2004, it is enumerated among forbidden medicines. Since it wasn’t legally clamed to be a steroid, Tom Verducci decided to vote for the user of this medicine; however, it was always named an anabolic-androgenic steroid by scientists. Furthermore, it was said that Bagwell just became bigger but didn’t promote his performance due to intake of androstenedione.
Nonetheless, the decision of Tom Verducci to vote for the admitted user of the steroid is quite controversial. The following question appears: “Maybe Verducci is not against administration of steroids and other performance-enhancing drugs by sportspeople?” Since Verducci doesn’t believe that administration of steroids is a moral question, he may suggest that enhancement of performance is not a real problem.
Numerous people suppose that usage of steroids represents evil because they are illegal.
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