BALCO: Steroids and Snake Oil | 1
American Scandal
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Baseball's Dirty History
Major league baseball is a very big business, takig in almost ten billion dollars a year in revenue. Owners can't be seen as turning a blind eye to rampant drug use. But if all the top players get thrown out of the game, who's going to buy tickets for the owners? It's a major league headache for victor conty. Fans want to see athletes perform at their peak and shatter records. The job of the owners isn't to play cop. It's to protect their revenue stream. And that's a delicate balancing act.
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