Mitchell Report

As almost everyone has heard from the news about Senator George Mitchell's investagation into the use of steriods in Major League Baseball. Among the 89 or so accused in the report were some players who broke home run records and won World Series. However, what exactly is the punishment for all these players?





Take Marion Jones for an example.



She has been considered to be one of the fastest women on the planet and one of the best track and field female participants ever. Howver, in October of 2007 Marion admitted to taking steriods before the 2000 summer olympics where she won 5 medals. As a punishment, she had to forfeit all her medals, results, points and prizes that she won after September 1, 2000. That included those five Olympic medals. Besides having to pay back her prize money she also had to retire from track and field. The worst punishment was that besides Jones giving back her medals, her teammates who competed with her in the Olympic relays had to forfeit their medals as well.

What does this have to do with baseball??


Well, if Marion's punishment seemed harsh then I think all those who took steriods during their baseball careers should have to go through the exact same embarassing process as she did. That means that those people who won the World Series and had teammates taking steriods should have to give up their titles as well. Its not far that one person should have to pay back so much while others get away with nothing.