Solution to the Problem: Guilty by Association

I feel the players union is the single biggest culprit in the Performance enhancing scandals. Their refusal to help implement good testing programs and refusal to police themselves, and therefore allow this to go on is the single worst offence in the entire situation.

I generally side with the players because I feel the owners have always and will always have their own best interests in mind. Whether it be with contracts, or salaries or trades etc., the owners have a track record of abuse. Just look at the non guaranteed contracts and poor retirement policies used in the NFL to see what a weak players union will produce. But owners and the league have been trying to implement a testing program for years, and the players have refused to come to a viable compromise.

The players should have been the first to come forward and show how they are clean, and their silence as a group is the biggest indictment possible. Guilty by association is often unfair, but in this case I believe it is true. The guy driving the getaway car is just as guilty as the guy stealing the money from the teller. All the clean players who did not come forward and help eliminate this are just as guilty. I understanding you do not sell out your friends, but with the possible scope of this problem, clean guys who are being outperformed by 'enhanced' players should be upset, and are being cheated from their own earning potential. Guys like Ryan Freel (hopefully actually clean) could be an all-star if all 'enhanced' players are removed from the league, and just think how much money he has lost as a result.

Solution: all clean players come forward and form an alliance against the other players. They should subject themselves to rigorous, constant testing, and allow clauses in their contract that include year-long to career ending suspensions, or salary forfeiture for violation of the Substance Abuse policy. That way the public knows who is and who is not clean. Guilty by association, or lack thereof.