I am interested in the topic of steroid legalization because I am a casual baseball fan. I enjoy watching my favorite teams play, Atlanta Braves and Boston Red Sox, but I do not find myself regularly watching the games. While I love both of those teams, especially the Red Sox, the problem with the game starts at the lack of excitement nowadays while watching the sport. I watch as the game is slowly killed by the lack of attention they have received over the past few years. The game saw a height of excitement like no other in the 90s during the Steroid Era. The performance statistics sat at an all time high and baseball was enjoyable to observe until the early 2000s when the era ended. Since then, the game's fan interest and excitement has been at a sharp decline. I am interested in this topic because I caught just a small glimpse of what those years were like. Those years are what made me enjoy watching baseball. I would like to clarify that I do not support the use of drugs if they are illegal and should a majority of players feel uncomfortable with taking steroids I cannot support legalization. While reading many articles, I reached the conclusion that very few players would have a problem with PEDs. I have experience in this topic because I have been a viewer of baseball for close to 15 years and can recall watching games at a very young age when the game was exciting versus now when a majority of games get close to being no-hitters. I desire to see a return to an era when the homerun was a common occurrence at a baseball game, not a special occasion for the viewer.

In the article "Why It's Time To Legalize Steroids In Professional Sports," author Chris Smith argues that it is time to legalize steroids because doing so would make an actual level playing field for the players. Players are willing to risk their bodies by playing so PEDs are not a much bigger risk than playing in a sport filled with broken bats flying by players, players crashing into walls to make a catch, and players hitting each other at full speed to score a run while the catcher is in front of a speedy base runner.

The major values and interests of this value are in giving the players the right to be at their physically best and interests are in progressing the game to keep it from losing any more support. The people who want to keep them illegal are either aged fans who want to keep the game "traditional" or people who have been deceived by them.

This writer can be considered credible because he writes for Forbes magazine, which is an established forum. This article is a few years old, but the author is still with the magazine, meaning he is well respected among his peers and is obviously a good writer for the sports section of the magazine. The author is most likely biased considering he is a fan, not a doctor or professor and would like to see steroids allowed for the same reasons I do.

In the article "The Effect of the Steroid Era on Major League Baseball Hitters: Did It Enhance Hitting?" the author writes that the Steroid Era contained the best statistics compared to the pre and post-steroid eras. Statistics reveal hitting statistics gave a greater output compared to the other two eras.

The major values of this article include keeping the game interesting to preserve and gain fans in the process. America's game is on a slow march to death and progress is the only way to keep it from sinking and becoming dull for future audiences and potential players of the sport.

The author of the article is a professor in the department of orthopedic surgery in the division of sports medicine; therefore the author would know the uses and effects of steroids on the human body. The professor is an expert in muscle development within the human body, which is the effect of steroids. I believe the author is unbiased considering he has no reason to be. He has no stake in baseball and is devoted to his field of muscular development in the body.

The article "Is There a Steroids Problem" gives three clear answers to arguments that are misconceptions. He states that supplements are unnatural like steroids, but are still legal. Steroids are no more dangerous than stepping on the field every season in a sport that has 100 mph fastballs being whirled inches within the player's body. Steroids have no effect on this occurrence since they happen nearly every game. Steroids should only be legal if the majority of players agree it is acceptable.

The major values in this article are rooted in correcting the misconceptions of steroids and that the grounds that make them illegal are incorrect since supplements can be legal while they are unnatural. The author only wants to see steroids legal if the majority of players are comfortable taking them.

The author is an extremely credible source because he is a law professor at the University of Connecticut and a graduate of the Harvard Law School. The author teaches a class in sports and law at the university as well. He has been a professor for more than five decades. The author is most likely unbiased and has a 

This research question is arguable because it is an ongoing issue in the MLB with players constantly using it and hiding their use to the professional organization. Players are constantly being suspended by the MLB and are tested by the organization as soon as the players have better statistics compared to other players. I found myself agreeing with every source I found and while I believe players should be punished since it is illegal, I believe the substance should be made legal for players to use. The most vital resource I found was the University of Connecticut professor since his arguments were the most convincing and he has credibility considering he attended Harvard. I will not need to revise my research question at all and I believe with a few more sources I will have a strong paper.

