Tom Verducci voted for Jeff Bagwell who used steroids

The American sportswriter Tom Verducci says about debates connected with possibility of steroid users to be voted into the Baseball Hall of Fame. But as it commonly happens, this explanation shows just confusion of journalists about steroids.
The Baseball Writers Association of America (BWAA) is a professional association of baseball reporters who elect players for the National Baseball Hall of Fame. All reporters who are members of the BWAA already not less than 10 years have possibility to elect up to 10 players for the Hall of Fame.
Recently it was a debate between members of the BWAA. They discussed whether admitted or just suspected consumers of steroids and other performance-enhancing drugs might entry into Cooperstown.
Members of the BWAA usually have to comment their votes: they must explain why they have voted pro or contra certain issues. Some of them confirm that doping destructs the integrity of sports and administration of prohibited products is frequently claimed by them to be immoral.
As for Tom Verducci, he doesn’t confirm that usage of steroids is necessarily a moral question. This sportswriter notes that steroids help consumers to take unfair advantage over those who don’t dope. According to this writer, performance-enhancing drugs make competitions unfair. So, usage of banned preparations induces unfairness in sports. That’s why Tom Verducci denies any connection between doping and morality. He confirms that it is a question that is linked with performance but not to morality. So, Verducci supposes that users of steroids must not be allowed to be in the Hall of Fame. But he has voted for the admitted steroid user Jeff Bagwell. This athlete has admitted that he had taken androstenedione. It is important to mention that this drug was not classified as an anabolic steroid, when Bagwell took it. According to the Control Act 2004, it is listed among forbidden medicines. Since it wasn’t legally clamed to be a steroid, Verducci decided to vote for the user of this drug; however, it was always considered to be an anabolic-androgenic steroid by scientists. Moreover, it was said that Bagwell just became bigger but didn’t improve his performance due to intake of androstenedione.
Nevertheless, the decision of Verducci to vote for the admitted consumer of the steroid is quite controversial. The following question appears: “Maybe Tom Verducci is not against usage of steroids and other performance-enhancing drugs by athletes?” Since this sportswriter doesn’t believe that administration of steroids is a moral question, he may suggest that increase of performance is not a real problem.
Numerous persons suppose that administration of steroids represents evil because they are illegal.