Do you agree with baseball's new steroid policy?

Enforcement is the key

I think the policy itself is just right and each level of consequence is appropriate.



It’s good to see Major League Baseball stepping up and doing something about steroid use.

However, this is just a policy and like any policy it will need to be enforced.

This means that the true test will come when the next player is caught.

Will they enforce it quickly or will the agents and lawyers find a loop hole to get their guy off? If they do, you can be sure that it will be a long, drawn out process.

Since it took so long for them to adopt a policy on steroid use, I am not confident that it will be followed to the letter.

Baseball has had a policy on illegal drugs for years and it has been pretty ineffective. Remember Dwight Gooden and Daryl Strawberry?

How many chances did these two get with their cocaine addiction?

I hope that baseball has learned its lesson and will step up when the time comes to enforce the policy.

-- Al Springer

Charter school director, Riddle

Could have been more strict

Way too soft, and I think it will stay soft until a zero tolerance policy is put into effect.

I just don’t see why these guys still get or even need multiple chances. It’s obvious to me these guys take their talent and job title (professional) for granted.

Millions of people would love to be in their shoes, playing a sport you love and getting paid very well for it. I think it is safe to say they wouldn’t put it all in jeopardy by using steroids.

What really bothers me is that we all know Bonds and Sheffield will most likely make it to Cooperstown one day. It might be with an asterisk by their name, but they will still make it. Then you’ve got Pete Rose, a.k.a. Charlie Hustle, who they won’t let into the Hall because of gambling. I’m not saying gambling isn’t bad, but it certainly didn’t have anything to do with Rose becoming the all-time base hits leader.

All in all, the policy is still too soft and needs to be readdressed.

-- Evin Nordhagen

UPS employee, Roseburg

Numbers may drop off

I think the new policy is good for baseball. I think it will reduce the numbers of athletes in baseball using steroids and, hopefully, clean up the game.

I believe the penalties of 50 games, 100 games and done is a good policy. It’s just enough to let athletes knw how serious the league is taking the problem.

I don’t know how this will affect MLB as a whole. Everyone goes to the games to see the big hitters. I believe many of the big guns from the past few years will now fall off and baseball will get back to being a skill game rather than the power game of late.

Again I’m not sure that this policy will be popular with the fans, but at least it is the honest way and the guys who deserve to be in the game will be there. Do not belive it is too strict, do not believe it is too lenient. Good job, MLB. Now enforce it like it should be.

-- Mark Walsh

Boys-Girls Club Sports Director, Roseburg