[blackcat_mc]

I read your link. It doesn't say what you think it said. There's no discussion of anything prior to 2006. That does not mean that there was no policy in place prior to 2006, only that there was no testing. That does not add up to "steroids were legal in baseball prior to the current program."

The 1991 Vincent memo and the 1997 Selig memo spelled out clearly that players and other employees were barred from possessing, selling or using any illegal drug or controlled substance. Anabolic steroids are regulated under Schedule III of the federal Controlled Substances Act and have been since 1991.

Anybody proven to be involved with the steroid trade since Vincent's directive in 1991 (Selig's memo made no changes to Vincent's original directive) could face additional discipline. And it's on the menu: http://www.usatoday.com/sports/baseball/...sion_N.htm

Thanks for playing.

Wow, I wish Bonds, Conseco, and A-Rod has gotten that memo! Things would be so different now. Not.

You want to go to the USA Today?
http://www.usatoday.com/sports/baseball/...licy_x.htm

"Evolution of the steroid policy 2002
• Before 2002, Major League Baseball had no official policy on steroid use among players. As part of a collective bargaining agreement, players and owners agree to hold survey testing in 2003. If more than 5% of results from the anonymous tests are positive, formal testing and penalties will be put into place the next year.
2003
• Baseball announces after the season that 5% to 7% of test results were positive, triggering the new policy in 2004.
2004
• Each player is tested once a year in season. A first positive test results in treatment, followed by a 15-day suspension for a second positive and up to a year suspension for a fifth positive. The result is no player is suspended for steroid use.
2005
• Baseball agrees to a new policy. Banned substances include steroids, steroid precursors, designer steroids, masking agents and diuretics. There will be one unannounced mandatory test of each player during the season. In addition, there will be testing of randomly selected players, with no maximum number. And there will be random testing during the offseason. The penalties for a positive result are, first positive, 10 days; second, 30 days; third, 60 days; fourth, one year, and all without pay."




And good job with the one-liners in your posts *******.