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Steroids: The Importance To The Hall Of Fame
Using performance enhancing drugs violates the “integrity” clause of the stipulation regarding entrance to the Hall of Fame. I agree that those who used PEDs to get sudden boosts for a season should be punished in some way, partly to discourage others from doing the same. I think the group most at risk from seeing PED use would be youth players (high school and below). They would be taught that you can still achieve fame by basically cheating and possibly start using PEDs at a younger age.
As an avid baseball fan, I agree with the stance on players who used steroids being disqualified from the Hall of Fame. Pete Rose was banned from baseball after being caught betting on games, one of baseball’s cardinal sins. I see steroid use as equally bad. Those who used steroids spoiled a whole era of baseball and raised unfair investigations into those who did it the right way like, Albert Pujols and Derek Jeter.
Using steroids is cheating, plain and simple, and cheaters should not be in the Hall of Fame. Players who took performance enhancing drugs to get a
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If they work hard, their ability will speak for itself. Also, the election to the Hall of Fame should be reserved for the greatest players in the game. The records set in the era will always be debated. Every kid has a role model, someone they look up to or want to become. That’s why it’s important that an athlete should serve as role models to our youth.
Baseball fans and players will make their own judgements about the character of individual players as well as the historical significance of the Steroid Era. The era was not good for baseball despite the records set because it brought to light a culture that existed for at least a century. Users of steroids should not be allowed into the Hall of Fame because these athletes serve as role models to our youth, we want the youth to succeed the right way not by

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