11-15-2005, 12:52 PM | #1 | |||||
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I know, I know...too little, too late. But what I really want to know is, will Congress have the stones to force the NFL (mainly, although Congress' bill would bind the NBA and NHL, I think) to adopt similar standards, or was this just a paper threat against all major sports in an effort to get MLB to comply, but once they got what they wanted out of MLB, they let the other guys off the hook?
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11-15-2005, 04:17 PM | #2 |
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you dont have bad breathe...herpes, maybe....but not bad breathe
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11-15-2005, 04:27 PM | #3 |
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It was just a ploy to force MLB to get in line with the rest of the sports. Congress during the hearings heaped praise upon the other Big 3 and wasn't going to really force them into anything. Congress gets to look like it did something without having to actually pass a law that would've challenged by someone I am sure.
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11-15-2005, 04:35 PM | #4 | |
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The whole point of this is that they are NOT now in line with the other sports. A baseball player will be banned after his third test; in the NFL, he's out for a year. How is that equal?
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11-15-2005, 04:53 PM | #5 |
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I don't understand. You are pissed because baseball is doing what all sports SHOULD be doing? Even if other sports aren't held to the same standard that doesn't mean baseball shouldn't be.
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11-15-2005, 05:09 PM | #6 |
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It's not about it being equal. It's that baseball for a very long time lagged behind the rest. Congress wanted MLB to do something more stringent then their intial weak attempt. Congress didn't want to see equality, just more of an attempt by baseball so they could look like they were being responsible.
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11-15-2005, 06:18 PM | #7 | |
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I don't know. Aren't the NFL standards for steroids testing pretty close to the ones congress wants. You can't give out a 50 game suspension in the NFL, but prorated over the NFL season that would be the equivalent of a 5 game suspension.
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11-15-2005, 06:20 PM | #8 |
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I am happy for this new policy. It's about @%#$! time.
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11-15-2005, 07:42 PM | #9 | |
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I'm not arguing baseball shouldn't be held to this standard, I'm saying that if Congress intended for all sports to meet this standard through the pending legislation, then they better not be satisfied that just baseball implemented more stringent standards.
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11-15-2005, 07:43 PM | #10 | |
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First test, yes. Second test is currently 6 games, should be 9 (roughly equivalent to 100 games). Third test should be ban, not 1 year suspension.
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11-15-2005, 09:08 PM | #11 |
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What seems to be slipping under the radar due to many fans obsession with all things steroids-related is the addition of amphetamines to the testing program. This is huge - amphetamine abuse is far more prevalent than steroid abuse has been, and by adding this to the testing program will have a much bigger impact on player peformance dropping than steroid testing; yet people will continue to insist it's all about players dropping off the juice.
Kudos to MLB and the MLBPA for getting this passed without any B.S. negotiation jockeying, i.e. the MLBPA asking for reduction the number of games in return for adding amphetamines to the testing and upping the steroid penalties. |
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