The Mitchell Report

[Maengelito]

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Why is the government wasting money on determining whether or not sports players use steroids? What has this accomplished?

IIRC the whole thing started around the same time Bush was taking heat over the leaked CIA operative scandal.

well, it is illegal for them to use drugs for one. if a certain distributor is the source for multi-millions of dollars worth of drugs, what are the chances that such a person or business is reporting their income or selling drugs to others? even more money is at stake due to endorsements, advertising and all the media coverage for the various home run chases. MLB is a multibillion dollar business.

and on a social level, little kids look up to these athletes. hypothetically speaking, kids might look at these ball players and see what it takes to play in the majors, and lets say only like 2% of those kids start taking steroids at a younger age, thats still like what a million kids between the ages of 12-17 just in the US?

i dont know what the demographic breakdown is, but its still gonna be a lot of people influenced by this. there are probably a million more reasons why this is significant