This may be off-topic, but years ago I remember seeing a champion powerlifter on tv saying that steroids really don't give anyone that much of an advantage, except speeding up the process of getting bigger. Same results as without steroids, only faster. Maybe someone here has some expertise and can speak to this? Also, Babe Ruth was a big strong guy but I don't think he spent much time in the gym. Its a matter of talent and steroids cant give you talent.
Take a guy who mainly has a job because of his defense and has a lifetime batting average of .200 or thereabouts. I think you could juice him up as much as you want and he's still not going to be able to hit the ball any better, just because he's bigger now. If he has the talent, he'll get better by spending time in the batting cage, but all the muscle in the world by itself won't make him a better hitter.
I think maybe if the focus was less on "is it cheating, should we put an asterisk next to this guy's whatever stat it is", and more on "this stuff is dangerous, you're going to have health problems later in life if you use this and what good will stats do you then", they might have better results keeping people off of it. It can be debated whether steroids gives you an unfair advantage, there's no debate about whether you're messing up your health in years to come. Sorry if this post is off-topic.
