It appears that A-Rod won't be punished by the league, but that's OK, he'll just be punished by every fan around the country."We are disturbed by the allegations contained in the Sports Illustrated news story which was posted online this morning. Because the survey testing that took place in 2003 was intended to be non-disciplinary and anonymous, we can not make any comment on the accuracy of this report as it pertains to the player named.
"Based on the results of the 2003 tests, Major League Baseball was able to institute a mandatory random-testing program with penalties in 2004. Major League Baseball and the Players Association have improved the drug testing program on several occasions so that it is now the toughest program in professional sports. The program bans stimulants, such as amphetamines, as well as steroids.
"Any allegation of tipping that took place under prior iterations of the program is of grave concern to Major League Baseball, as such behavior would constitute a serious breach of our agreement.
"Under Commissioner Selig's leadership, Major League Baseball remains fully committed to the elimination of the use of performance enhancing substances from baseball. As the Commissioner has said, we will continue to do everything within our power to eliminate the use of such drugs and to protect the integrity of the program."
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imho here mlb has nothing to stand on, the egg is on their face becuase the 2003 sham anony test has come back to bite them in the ass. they cant say doing steroids waa ok then because it was not. the only reason the 2003 tests were anony is becuase mlb knew how big a problem they had and didn't want to see 30% of thei best players get wiped off the map. so they came up with this ruse to give everyone a year to gret clean. mlb thought they could then get out of this with minimal collateral damage (mcguire, bonds, clemens) all pretty bad - but there are 103 more on that list alone - mlb probably could have lost 25-50 top stars if it had slammed down manatory testing in 2003 as it should have. well selig and players union, nice try, you better pray that whole list isn't released.
Sorry for typos - using a phone
No problem about the typos, I have enough myself to go around.
I agree. Baseball stood by and watched as player after player magically gained 30 LBS of muscle and became home run hitters. What did they care, ratings were soaring as were ticket sales.
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