The president of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) feels MLB “isn’t taking the issue of doping seriously” and called for changes by the league and the MLBPA in the wake of Manny Ramirez return from a 50 game suspension for being in violation of the league’s drug testing policy, as well as Alex Rodriguez’ admission that he used steroids from 2001-03 while playing for the Texas Rangers.
“MLB, the players and all those involved in the league need to clearly demonstrate that they are committed to ridding their sport from doping,” said WADA’s President John Fahey. “With recent cases, investigations and revelations, including in recently published books, the evidence is indisputable that doping remains an entrenched issue in baseball. Unfortunately, while a number of incremental improvements were introduced in the MLB anti-doping program following the release of the Mitchell Report in 2007, these elements fall far short of the universally accepted standards of the World Anti-Doping Cod...
Original Story:
