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Originally Posted by joe_mullen
why would anyone dope?! because of the tremendous gain that is available from doping. time has proven that if given the possibility of improved performance, a significant proportion of athletes will take whatever steps are necessary, including doping. furthermore, there have been numerous surveys and studies on this subject that show the same. to think otherwise is completely naive.
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The point was that if the MLB had a strict set of standards and tests they enforced, together with the 50 game suspension, or perhaps 100 games, chances are players wouldn't dope.....because the risk isn't worth it.
As for performance gain for baseball players, I don't agree that it makes much of a difference. Out of the thousands of top players in the game, how many were caught doping?