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It isn't a simple argument over steriods for these guys, especially the union.
It goes back to the fact that the union has never lost a battle they fought with the owners, so they have all the power in the sport. The people who run the union don't want testing because of a fear of what they will find, and the players in general go along because they can't go against their union.
The union is also scared, because they know that if the owners successfully get Congress to assist on this issue, then it sets a precident in the future disputes.
Major League Baseball honestly wants a testing policy, because they see how bad of a hit they are taking and want to cut the PR nightmare off as much as they can. They are also motivated, however, by a desire to defeat the union to try and regain some lost power.
It is all a political power struggle, and steroids is only the latest battlefield.
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--Peter Schmuck, The (Baltimore) Sun
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