supercharge, as bad as Selig has become to many in MLB circles, you got to give the man his due. He resurrected the sport after the 1994 strike. that nearly put the league under. Yes it was a bit advantageous that he used or supposedly tolerated steroids in his reign as commissioner. But be honest people didn't the NFL have a very bad drug problem in the 70's and 80's especially with the Saints of the same time period. My God Muncie and George Rogers were cooked on cocaine all the time while they were here. Don Reese said it all in that 1983 SI article that exposed the drug epidemic in sports and in American culture. and is it not a bit too much gall to say that Pete Rozelle did not know about the problem back then in his league under his watch.
the NFL's popularity in the 70's and 80's had a negative side to it, their were drugs and maybe steroids too involved. Did Pete Rozele or Taglibue not know about it either. MLB is going through the same things now they went through back then.