STEROIDS AND THE PLAYERS UNION.

STEROIDS AND THE PLAYERS UNION. I said a year ago about the baseball players union in this post that: “The union has harmed the majority of their players by fighting to prevent drug testing, not only because the players were faced with a choice between taking a dangerous drug or giving a competitor a major advantage, but also because they left every innocent player without a means to establish his innocence.” Unions in other occupations have traditionally fought against health risks for their members. This interview (scroll down) with Marvin Miller, the former leader of the union, who is still influential, shows the vehemence with which the union fought against any restrictions on steroid use. Miller was not interested in whether a majority of the union opposed the use of steroids: “leadership can’t just take a poll on what membership wants. You also have to judge whether this is in the best interests of the people you represent.” And he believed there were no health issues because: “there’s not one single documented death from the use of steroids. So that’s a hypocritical lie.” He does not discuss health risks less than death. Apparently one of the results of steroid use is the shrinking of the testicles. Think about that. Shrinking of the testicles.