The Head of the Players Union and the Commissioner put in place a system that did not enforce the rules.
In order to compete with the guys who were taking prohibited substances, others started to take such substances.
Most players have 5-15 years to make the vast amount of money their family will need to live on for years. It was unfair to the players, to put them in a position where many felt they needed to endanger themselves, to earn money for their families.
Every time they hand out a sentence for the pre-2005 prohibited substance crew, I think - What about the guys who put the inadequate enforcement policy in place? They ought to be punished. Think of the tens of thousands of kids trying to make it pre-2005, who felt they had to endanger themselves to compete for their families.
I am not talking about the current players who are under a new and improved system. I consider them at fault in whole.
But Arod had to compete at that time against all of baseball's substance users.
And we all knew, didn't we? How could the Yankees not have known? How could MLB not have known?
The Union was not protecting its players by having them compete as to who could take more substances and get away with it. They did a miserable job of protecting the health of their players. Worst union handling I have ever seen.
And horrible job by the Commissioner's office in this regard.
If Arod pays a price, shouldn't they?
The Commisioner and Former Head of the Union have not paid a price have they?
But we have already lost many young players to cancer and shortened lives as a result. Even Arod may have irreparably injured his body. And he was an effective competitor - before everyone around him started getting very large.
Where is the true justice?
Last edited by BigJJ; 07-24-2013 at 05:58 PM.
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