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The Major League Baseball is never away from problems and this time it is busy engaging in discussions with the players’ association regarding what to do about the fast-acting synthetic testosterone, the primary performance enhancing drug of choice among players who believe that can easily avoid detection with carefully timed and controlled dosages.
Testosterone was the drug that triggered many positive tests in the last one year by Ryan Braun of Milwaukee, Melky Cabrera of San Francisco, Bartolo Colon of Oakland, and Yasmani Grandal of San Diego. While Braun was lucky to escape punishment by challenging procedural issues related to the sample, all others were handed a suspension of 50 games each.
Synthetic testosterone aids in muscle recovery, strength gain, and the prevention of tissue breakdown and has become immensely popular because of its quick action mechanism and leaving the body within 24 hours when measured by routine drug screening, according to some reports. The fact that the players believed that they can use it through creams, gels and patches, immediately after being tested or before off days means they are not worried about being caught as part of a year-round regimen.
Top baseball officials privately acknowledge that synthetic testosterone is a problem in baseball like in all sports and the game has once again become dirty because of the popularity and ease of use of synthetic testosterone.
Anti-doping officials and agencies may make tall claims but the fact that one can almost read or hear around two to five cases every month is enough to suggest that doping in sports is still very much prevalent.
Testosterone was the drug that triggered many positive tests in the last one year by Ryan Braun of Milwaukee, Melky Cabrera of San Francisco, Bartolo Colon of Oakland, and Yasmani Grandal of San Diego. While Braun was lucky to escape punishment by challenging procedural issues related to the sample, all others were handed a suspension of 50 games each.
Synthetic testosterone aids in muscle recovery, strength gain, and the prevention of tissue breakdown and has become immensely popular because of its quick action mechanism and leaving the body within 24 hours when measured by routine drug screening, according to some reports. The fact that the players believed that they can use it through creams, gels and patches, immediately after being tested or before off days means they are not worried about being caught as part of a year-round regimen.
Top baseball officials privately acknowledge that synthetic testosterone is a problem in baseball like in all sports and the game has once again become dirty because of the popularity and ease of use of synthetic testosterone.
Anti-doping officials and agencies may make tall claims but the fact that one can almost read or hear around two to five cases every month is enough to suggest that doping in sports is still very much prevalent.
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