Talk:MLB Banned Steriods in 1991/@comment-ASwaff-2006031721706

I&quot;m no friend of Bonds, but I at least have to defend him and other MLB players on this. The memo said that "illegal substances" including steroids were banned. If Bonds was indeed taking suplements (I believe he was), whether or not he was breaking rules depends on what exactly is was he was taking. If what he was taking was not illegal, it was not against the rule. At the time, the league&quot;s athletic supplement policy was the same policy it had against, say, marijuana. The substance had to be illegal to be against the rules. So, it all depends on what Bonds was taking.