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Lou Gehrig and DNA Testing: Is DNA Testing in Baseball Ethical?
From the New York Times article July 21, 2009 “Baseballs Use of DNA Raises Questions”
“Confronted with cases of identity and age falsification by Latin American baseball prospects, Major League Baseball is conducting genetic testing on some promising young players and their parents. …Mark Rothstein, a professor of bioethics at the University of Louisville School of Medicine, said: ‘The funny thing about this all is that the most famous baseball player with a genetic disorder was Lou Gehrig. Would they have signed him if they knew he was predisposed to A.L.S.?’”
Read the full article and then return and present your views. If major league baseball is obtaining specimens from players to verify their claim that they do not use illegal drugs, why not verify age and origin with medical testing? Or is there a difference? And by this DNA testing, who is baseball protecting? The players? The public? The fairness of the game? Or the team investors? ..Maurice.