Steroids Hall Of Fame Essay

Did you know that in 2012, one hundred major league baseball players were caught using steroids, reported by bloomberg view dom. Those numbers are just the players that got caught using steroids, not the ones who abused the system and didn’t get caught. This is not surprising considering that 5% of high school boys that play baseball use steroids, according to marie.gov. Steroids give professional baseball players an unfair advantage against those who don't use them. Steroids make bigger, stronger, faster muscles, thus it is considered cheating in MLB. Steroid use can ruin your reputation. This is why MLB players convicted of using steroids should not be inducted into the Hall of Fame.
Many baseball fans say that steroids kill the integrity of the Hall of Fame. Many younger high school athletes are influenced by pro athletes, and many of these young kids use MLB players as their role models. For example, Barry Bonds (Barrios) will always be linked to steroid use. Many young athletes may be more prone to use steroids to get an advantage because their role model …show more content…
Their reasoning for allowing athletes to keep the award was “maybe they were good before they used steroids.” For example, Barry Bonds was a 5-tool player who hit .288 and had 374 homeruns pre-steroid prime. Bonds was probably on the road to the Hall of Fame without steroids, but he ruined all of his hard work, image, and reputation. All of his natural ability was destroyed when he got caught using steroids. Both Roger Clemens and Sammy Sosa, famous MLB players, chose steroids and ruined their reputation. Another argument from this group is how can you punish certain players when other players broke the rules but didn’t get caught. This group believes if players were initially good enough to make it to the pros without using steroids, then the steroids should not be an