Quote Originally Posted by bigrod View Post
I have a question about the use of steroids in sports. I don't agree with them but my question is how do we know that athletes before now weren't using, I mean they were not tested back then and peformance enhancing drugs have been around for a long while.
I really don't think steroids or other enhancing drugs have been a part of the sporting world for more than the past 30 to 40 years. Granted there might have been athletes who devised some way to cheat but normally they were found out. The big drug kick in America really didn't materialize until the late 60's and 70's (the hippie culture). Sure there have been abusers since the beginning of recorded time but it was the hippie culture that brought drug use/abuse out of the shadows and into everyday society.

By making a comparison between Hank Aaron and Barry Bonds the one who used enhancement drugs is quite obvious. The same applies to Sammy Sosa and Willie Mays. The athletes who resort to "something extra" is quite obviious.

I made the reference to athletes as a comparison. This is a discussion about a record breaking bass not drug addicted professional athletes. My point was that anytime a RECORD is broken via some form of manipulation the NEW ROCORD should be dis-allowed. This is simple basic fairness.