Graduation Year
Spring 2012
Document Type
Campus Only Senior Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts
Department
Government
Reader 1
Jay Martin
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© 2012 Eric P. Yingling
Abstract
I have examined the relationship between the U.S. Congress and professional sports—specifically, Major League Baseball. The focus of this examination was on the abuse of steroids in professional sports, and how certain constitutional limitations on Congress inhibited direct mandates on drug testing for individual players due to the Fourth Amendment. I have concluded that due to major league sports being for-profit ventures, economic motivations in the form of tax incentives were the most effective way for Congress to implement a tougher drug testing policy without violating the Fourth Amendment.
Recommended Citation
Yingling, Eric P., "Professional Sports and Congress: Steroid Abuse" (2012). CMC Senior Theses. 413.
https://scholarship.claremont.edu/cmc_theses/413
This thesis is restricted to the Claremont Colleges current faculty, students, and staff.
