A Responce to the Blood Testing of MLB's Minor Leagues

Blood is the river of life that carries to every cell in the body its nutrients and carries away wastes. It is also the most tested part of the body because it can detect infections, diseases as well as your blood levels such as cholesterol, cell counts, blood sugar ect. Apparently, it is also currently the only way to test if a person has consumed a Human Growth Hormone or known by most as simply HGH. Now if one wants to grow up to be a baseball player, they face allowing their teams to have access to every intimate detail of their inner personal make-up.

In a recent article found on ESPN.com "Minor Leaguers to be tested for HGH," the Major League Baseball "Powers That Be" have decided that they will conduct blood testing on players with minor league contracts that are not apart of the Major League Baseball Players Association. The idea being that if MLB can get them while they're young, by the time they replace the current major league players in the future they would see nothing wrong with the concept of the invasive blood test.

Gary Wadler the chair of the committee that draws up the list of banned substances for the World Anti-Doping Agency said it perfectly when he stated how the "one important thing is, as young players evolve through the minor leagues, the concept of a blood test will no longer be alien to them. It will be easier to implement it in the major leagues as more players in the minor leagues recognize it makes sense."

That is called brainwashing Mr. Wadler and is a disgusting ploy to make the players believe blood testing is not an invasion. It is also a way to eventually weed out the hold outs in order to make things the way you want them to be.

Dr. Gary Green, the medical director for Major League Baseball, called the testing "a major development in the detection of a substance that has previously been undetectable."

I disagree with you there Dr. Green. A significant development in the detection of HGH would be for researchers to discover a way to do it through other means then an invasive blood test. While I like many would love to see baseball and other sports clean of those cheating the system, blood testing is not the answer. There is a huge difference between getting a blood test from your medical doctor and getting a blood test from your employer. I shudder at the though of what doors this concept would open.