PED Issue in Baseball Should Be More Complex for Justice and Ringolsby

Houston Chronicle columnist Richard Justice said on Twitter over the weekend that he was "annoyed by the columnists that say Bud Selig and Don Fehr are to blame for Manny's positive test. How idiotic. It's all on the players.” Hall of Fame writer, and former Rocky Mountain News columnist Tracy Ringolsby said via FOXSports.com that the MLB Players’ Association, not the owners, are responsible for the PED culture in MLB. As if the world were all so black and white. Starting with Justice, while the players ultimately make the decision to use PEDs, isn’t it the lure of incredibly high salaries that drive one to use them? Richard, isn’t there a case to be made that a player such as Barry Bonds saw what Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa were doing, and decided that he too would get on the steroid gravy train? By extension, aren’t the fans to blame for the PED culture, as well? After all, if there were such an outrage over the matter, the players would be playing to empty ballpa...