Is the MLB it's own sovereign nation and government? Look at these excerpts below. My comments are in brackets.
Although baseball's drug agreement says players who file grievances following a first positive drug test receive automatic stays, the text doesn't address suspensions stemming from non-analytical positives.
[Baseball players can file a grievance and get absolved for a first offense? Could you imagine if the "common people" in the USA could do this? It would be laughed out of court. 'Your honor, I would like to file a grievance and have no record, just probation please'. Yeah right!]
Mitchell, a Boston Red Sox director, recommended commissioner Bud Selig not punish players implicated in his report "except in those cases where he determines that the conduct is so serious that discipline is necessary to maintain the integrity of the game."
[The MLB is as or more powerful than our the U.S. judicial system? They can choose who they punish for doing drugs, wow.]
Commissioner Bud Selig adopted most of the recommendations made by former Senate majority leader George Mitchell but could not address those that were subject to collective bargaining.
[Another great example of how the MLB is exempt from U.S. law and government. He ADOPTED MOST of the recommendations? The MLB can pick and choose how they govern drug use - isn't that what the Feds like the FBI and DEA do?]
Original Story:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080324/ap_o....
Although baseball's drug agreement says players who file grievances following a first positive drug test receive automatic stays, the text doesn't address suspensions stemming from non-analytical positives.
[Baseball players can file a grievance and get absolved for a first offense? Could you imagine if the "common people" in the USA could do this? It would be laughed out of court. 'Your honor, I would like to file a grievance and have no record, just probation please'. Yeah right!]
Mitchell, a Boston Red Sox director, recommended commissioner Bud Selig not punish players implicated in his report "except in those cases where he determines that the conduct is so serious that discipline is necessary to maintain the integrity of the game."
[The MLB is as or more powerful than our the U.S. judicial system? They can choose who they punish for doing drugs, wow.]
Commissioner Bud Selig adopted most of the recommendations made by former Senate majority leader George Mitchell but could not address those that were subject to collective bargaining.
[Another great example of how the MLB is exempt from U.S. law and government. He ADOPTED MOST of the recommendations? The MLB can pick and choose how they govern drug use - isn't that what the Feds like the FBI and DEA do?]
Original Story:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080324/ap_o....
