It's not whether what he did was against the law, but whether what he did was banned by baseball because it significantly affects the outcomes of games. Ty Cobb was a racist asshole who got into fistfights like I drink Cokes. That's a matter for police. The 1920 White Sox threw the World Series and were rightly tossed on their ears.
It needs to be established clearly that Bonds knowingly took steroids in order condemn him, and that hasn't happened. I'm even inclined to let it slide, if proved, on the basis that hormone abuse seems to have been endemic. But yeah, I wouldn't lose a lot of sleep if the powers that be decided at that point not to let it slide.
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Date: 8 May 2006 03:30 (UTC)It needs to be established clearly that Bonds knowingly took steroids in order condemn him, and that hasn't happened. I'm even inclined to let it slide, if proved, on the basis that hormone abuse seems to have been endemic. But yeah, I wouldn't lose a lot of sleep if the powers that be decided at that point not to let it slide.