Steroid/ Performance Enhancing Drugs Controversy

There has been many opinions on a report that surfaced this week, when a report from ESPN's Outside the Lines reported that Major League Baseball was looking to suspend players that were connected to a Miami area clinic and Tony Bosch. The report stated that players such as Ryan Braun of the Milwaukee Brewers, Alex Rodriguez of the New York Yankees, Melky Cabrera of the Toronto Blue Jays and many more players were involved in a Miami based biogenesis clinic that provided Performance Enhancing Drugs to many players. It causes a black eye for baseball because the stats that these three players mentioned in the report put up are all tainted.
          
The report stated that Major League Baseball is thinking about suspending the players involved for 100 games. One of the players involved, Melky Cabrera has already been suspended once for 50 games last season for testing positive for Performance Enhancing Drugs while playing for the San Francisco Giants. If he is found guilty in this investigation by Major League Baseball then I believe he should be banned for life from the game of baseball. This problem is hurting the integrity of the game of baseball and should not be hurting America's pastime so bad. I believe the only way that you will be able to restore the integrity of the game is by suspending players 100 games for their first offense because by doing that the player caught using Performance Enhancing Drugs would be missing critical time for their team and then if the player still decides to use Performance Enhancing Drugs then they should be banned from the game of baseball for life.
         
This is just as bad if not worse than the Pete Rose situation where he  was betting on baseball because you are still cheating the game of baseball but it is just in a different form. Ryan Braun of the Milwaukee Brewers was going to be suspended last season for testing positive for Performance Enhancing Drugs but he appealed the penalties and was found not guilty because the person that was supposed to check his sample did not keep the contents right and he won the appeal and was not suspended any games. I wrote a little about Braun in my NL Central Standings post yesterday.
        
Alex Rodriguez of the New York Yankees had an interview with ESPN a couple of years ago where he admitted using Steroids and Performance Enhancing Drugs but since he never tested positive for them, Major League Baseball could not Suspend him. Alex Rodriguez issued a statement on Thursday about the investigation. My opinion is that if you can't stay off of the Steroids and Performance Enhancing Drugs then you should not be allow to play such a great game like baseball even if it is at the highest playing level.

This is one of the players involved in the scandal, Alex Rodriguez of the New York Yankees.

This is another player involved in the scandal, Ryan Braun of the Milwaukee Brewers.

This is the other big player in the scandal and this the player that has already been suspended last season for Performance Enhancing Drugs, Melky Cabrera of the Toronto Blue Jays.

Here is a clip from YouTube where Alex Rodriguez admits to using Performance Enhancing Drugs.