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That performance-enhancing drugs harm players is clear. Athletes use steroids to increase muscle mass and strength, but side effects can include liver tumors, high blood pressure, fertility problems, hypertension, increased hostility and aggression and cardiovascular diseases. Even more prevalent than steroid use is amphetamine use, which players take to stay energized and alert during night games. Possible side effects of this drug include an increased heart rate and blood pressure, restlessness, weight loss and heart failure. Ephedra, which has similar effects to amphetamines but is sold over-the-counter, can also be dangerous when taken before exercise...
Even in the face of such mounting evidence Major League Baseball has refused to alter their regulations, which theoretically ban the use of steroids and amphetamines but do nothing practical to enforce observance. After much negotiating last year, the Major League Players Association (MBPA)—the players’ union—finally agreed to steroid testing, which began during this year’s spring training. But these tests are not random—they are scheduled in advance, so players can easily schedule their steroid use around the test dates. They also only test for steroids...
...dissatisfied with their bodies, up from 34 percent in 1985 and only 15 percent in 1972. In the last 25 years, Playgirl models on average have shed 12 pounds of fat and gained 27 pounds of muscle, while children’s action toys have grown to proportions that steroid-popping bodybuilders can only dream of—a sort of male analog to the absurd ideal of Barbie...
Further research might be spurred by the current use of testosterone as a steroid supplement, Gray said. This has prompted new studies to question how testosterone supplement effect men’s relations with their wives...
While the big leagues struggle to increase attendance and deal with steroid-use allegations, a looming strike and the botched All-Star game, the minors are enjoying the best season of their 101-year history. Minor-league attendance has risen 29% over the past nine years, far outpacing the majors' 3% growth. Last year the minors drew 38.8 million fans, the largest total since 1949. This season could be a record breaker as minor-league owners, seeing profits in a business that had stagnated for decades, have opened new stadiums and offered every conceivable promotion to attract fans. Indeed...