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It's a matter of doing the right thing. (Insider).
You can say that drug testing wouldn't be an effective deterrent to steroid use in major league baseball. You can say that testing is a complex issue that requires further study. You can even say that it is a violation of civil liberties.
Reasonable as those arguments are, they're all cop-outs. By ignoring steroid use, the owners and players have perpetuated MLB's biggest fraud since the 1919 Black Sox. They've made ungodly amounts of money--taking in a record $3.5 billion in revenue last season--but they've wrecked their sport.
No one is blameless. Not the suddenly self-righteous management, which finally has figured out that it might be a good idea to ...