Baseball Decides Curbing Drug Use Too Costly

In two earlier blogs (here & here) I've stated my feelings about steroid use  by professional baseball players, that being that they (players) are entertainers and  America at least is a very demanding arena which doesnt care one iota about a persons well being. All they care about is getting the best "bang" for their buck. At the salaries being given out to players today, I neither care about their long term health any more than they care about mine. Am I selfish? Sure. Am I alone?  Hell no,  as can be seen in the latest news about baseball owners and drug use by itys players. The owners dont want to increase the penalties for amphetamine use because doing so would require them to also reopen their new labor agreement, which runs through 2011. One owner was quoted as saying "It's not worth making a big deal over it,"  That sentiment no doubt is echoed by other owners as well. Why? Well the key word is "worth" To reopen the labor agreement and increase drug use penalties would no doubt result in higher monetary cost to ownership through "give backs" to the players.  So as it is with everything in America, when it comes to higher cost in dollars vs. higher cost in health detriment, well you all know money willl win every time. After all thats the reason we backed out of the Kyoto treaty ,because the cost would have been too high. But hey thats another story
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