Actually, the Federal government has already outlawed compounds that did not exist at the time they passed the laws. Then they were not illegal at the time of ingestation though Boik, this is a binary situation of legal or illegal, they were the former. Disagree and Agree, there should be no mix of "illegal/Legal" but there should be "Ethical v Unethical", those players acted incredibly unethically, but what they were doing was an open secret, if MLB had the guts to crack down during the post strike/Live Ball era, none of those players would have the Ethical cloud hanging over them. The substances would have been illegal in MLB, everyone would have known the rules, but because MLB never bothered, I can't blame the players for taking legal and tacitly approved substances. When Cades Aid was first used by the Gators, it gave them an advantage, should they now be stripped of their accomplishments due to that usage?
Well no, not really. If Science is always ahead of the law because laws are designed to stop drugs created by science then how can the law be designed ahead of time? It cant be. But it still associates itself as a steroid compound then isnt it guilt by association? It is no different then if I design a slightly different drug then one already deemed illegal and push it on the street. It doesnt fall outside the law or any statute. I would be tossed in the big house. The players mentioned should get the same treatment. Im not sure what Cades Aid is (Im guessing Gatorade) but the answer would be no if my guess is correct. The ingredients in Gatorade are commonly included in the diet of many athletes and regular people and has been for years just not all in one drink. Theres nothing illegal about it. But Steroids...not so much.
Here is what happened, during the MDMA "craze" of the 80's, the Senate got together and outlawed the future modification or creation of molecules that no one had made as of yet. Steroids, on the other hand, were sort of the step child that no one paid much attention to, they were largely unregulated for decades, when they finally got around to outlawing them, the "known" components were banned. INOW, HGH is both banned, and illegal, PGH, is not, or was not. The original formula had strictly electrolytes, no sugars, none of that stuff, it gave a clear advantage to the Gators until Dr. Cade sold the formula to Stokely Van Camp. Point being, Cades Aid was not banned, it was not even thought of, whomever drank it gained a clear advantage. There was nothing illegal about Cades Aid, there was also nothing illegal about PGH, once they made it both banned, and illegal, whomever used it afterwards was in clear violation of both the rules and the law, like Raffie Palmero...the other players however, were not in violation of either, they may as well have been the first to drink Cades Aid as far as MLB and the Law were concerned.
