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Admissions by many current and former professional baseball players have shown how rampant the use of performance enhancing drugs (PEDs) is in this sport. PEDs include steroids and human growth hormone (HGH) - but there are many more. Professional athletes in football, track and field, hockey and cycling are also known to have used PEDs which aid in building muscle, oxygenating blood and recovering from injuries. The use of steroids is illegal unless prescribed by a doctor for a known medical condition. However, PEDs are easily obtained online, or from unscrupulous doctors or over-the-counter pharmacies in Mexico and other Latin American countries. Steroids are proven to increase muscle mass, especially when combined with proper nutrition and strength training, but they can also cause muscle-tendon injuries and have serious side-effects. These include heart and liver damage, endocrine system problems, elevated cholesterol levels, strokes, aggressive behavior and the shrinkage and dysfunction of genitalia. All our major sports leagues and the International Olympic Committee test their athletes for PEDs. However, HGH is difficult to detect, and newly-developed “designer steroids” and genetically engineered PEDs often evade detection until testing methods catch up with these new substances.

Some say that since PEDs are so prevalent, we should legalize these drugs and enjoy their contributions to player performance and the spectacle of sport. They claim PEDs could then be safely dispensed under medical supervision. Others maintain the use of PEDs is cheating, sets a bad example for our youth, tarnishes the achievements of those who do not use drugs, and is harmful to those who do.

Proposed Legislation: Reintroduction of S.1114 – Clean Sports Act of 2005 (109th Congress 2005-2006)
Prospective Sponsor: Sen. Chuck Grassley (IA)



Options


  • I oppose reforming current performance enhancing drug policy and wish to donate resources to the campaign committee of Leader Charles Schumer (NY).
  • I support prohibiting a major professional league from arranging, promoting, organizing, or producing a professional game without first testing for the use of performance enhancing drugs (PED) by professional athletes and for public disclosure of the names of athletes who test positive by:

    1.) Requiring the suspension of an athlete for a minimum of two years for the first violation, and a lifetime ban for the second violation for being caught using PEDs.

    2.) Allowing a league to impose a lesser penalty if the athlete establishes that he did not know or suspect he had used the prohibited substance, or provides substantial assistance to the league in identifying violations of the league's drug testing policy by other athletes or by any personnel working with or treating athletes.

    And wish to donate resources to the campaign committee of Sen. Chuck Grassley (IA) or to an advocate group currently working with this issue.


Winning Option
  • I support prohibiting a major professional league from arranging, promoting, organizing, or producing a professional game without first testing for the use of performance enhancing drugs (PED) by professional athletes and for public disclosure of the names of athletes who test positive by:

    1.) Requiring the suspension of an athlete for a minimum of two years for the first violation, and a lifetime ban for the second violation for being caught using PEDs.

    2.) Allowing a league to impose a lesser penalty if the athlete establishes that he did not know or suspect he had used the prohibited substance, or provides substantial assistance to the league in identifying violations of the league's drug testing policy by other athletes or by any personnel working with or treating athletes.

    And wish to donate resources to the campaign committee of Sen. Chuck Grassley (IA) or to an advocate group currently working with this issue.
There has been $0.00 pledged in support of this issue
Trustee Candidates

If elected as a trustee, the campaign committee of Sen. Chuck Grassley (IA) will be unconditionally awarded the funds pledged to this issue along with a letter requesting him to favorably consider either reintroducing S.1114 – Clean Sports Act of 2005 (109th Congress 2005-2006), or a similar version thereof.

If elected as a trustee, U.S. Anti-Doping Agency will be awarded the funds pledged to this issue along with a letter requesting these funds be used to research and develop testing methods to detect performance enhancing drugs.

The U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) is the national anti-doping organization in the United States for Olympic, Paralympic, Pan American, and Parapan American sport. The organization is charged with managing the anti-doping program, including in-competition and out-of-competition testing, results management processes, drug reference resources, and athlete education for all United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee recognized sport national governing bodies, their athletes, and events. USADA is also the administrator for the UFC Anti-Doping Program. Additionally, USADA contributes to the advancement of clean sport through scientific research and education and outreach initiatives focused on awareness and prevention.
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Trustee Election - Opening Date
March 27, 2023
Trustee Election - Closing Date
April 3, 2023