Let me say first that I hate A-fraud and every other "arsehole" who has ever worn a Yank-me's uniform. That being said; whoever released his name should be prosecuted and sued. The testing was done with the guarantee of confidentiality. There's gotta be some federal law they have violated somewhere. I don't think there are still many "juicing", simply because of the increase in those "nagging" injuries that players used to lose time to, are starting to crop up much more frequently now.
I think that, as sure as I can be about something that I do NOT know as fact, that they are very much still using performance enhancers.
First off, it is my thought that the league either saw to it that the names were released or encouraged it or at the very, very least looked the other way. They WANT PED's (if there isn't an acronym, damn it, there oughta be!)
to become a non story and, as long as chemists can keep coming up with new stuff that is currently non detectable or come up with masking agents or what have you, pro jocks will very, VERY much keep doing it.
Nothing has changed from the early Lyle Alzado steroid years. Nothing has changed from the 'middle' ages of the 90's and the time period when A'rod says he was caught and nothing has changed now; young, aggressive males will do damn near anything to get and keep a job that has very limited numbers and very, VERY high rewards.
And another thing has not changed; what passing time does to those young, aggressive males who will do damn near anything to get and keep those jobs with limited numbers and very, very high rewards become older, aggressive males who will do damn near anything to keep those limited number of jobs with even higher rewards.
It's not just about hitting 20 more homers a year or being able to hold a block or beat a block, it is also very, very much about injury prevention and recovery.
Point being, this story, PED, performance enhancing drugs, will NOT go away. So, if I am a business, if I have an image issue and it no longer works to deny it or single guys out, if it becomes obvious to everyone that it was much more widespread then and is likely just as widespread or more so now, you go the other way; yes, EVERYONE did it, so what?
I think the league saw to it that his name came out. I think large percentages of guys are still doing it. I think it is in the name of injury prevention and recovery as much or more as building super strength.
Think of it as a maturing science.