There are more than a million reasons why major-league baseball players use illegal substances to enhance their skill.The players have answered the question whether taking illegal performance enhancing drugs is worth being a multi-millionaire.The risk has been worth $450 million for admitted PED user Alex Rodriguez, who has earned the most money in major-league history.New York Yankee Rodriguez, 38, is owed $86 million due over the next four years. The latest PED criminal, Ryan Braun of the Milwaukee Brewers, is owed $122 million through 2020, with a $15 million mutual option for 2021.Major league baseball is prepared to suspend another 20 players in the near future due to a scandal involving performance-enhancing drugs. The latest PED criminals were allegedly supplied with performance-enhancing substances by Biogenesis, which advised them on how to avoid detection during drug tests.The 50-game and 100-game suspensions major-league baseball is handing out for using illegal substances is an absolute joke.None of these players are worried about a suspension as long as they keep their guaranteed million-dollar payoffs.All-time home-run champion Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens, Rafael Palmeiro, Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa built Hall of Fame careers.
Another folly for baseball
Player contracts should reward successful testing