Okay, so by now you’ve probably heard and read the story relating to Senator George Mitchell’s investigation into Major League Baseball’s steroid and human growth hormone (HGH) scandal, which started some 18 months ago.
To reiterate, there was a league-wide conference call mid-day Friday, whereby League and team officials alike learned that the forthcoming Mitchell report (due out sometime between October 31 and the end of the year—and you thought waiting for the cable guy between 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. was tedious) will include “many names; names which have so far not been disclosed publicly; and the names of well-known players.”
Perhaps somewhere a bead of sweat is falling down Scott Boras’ forehead. If that’s even possible.
One immediate question that came to my mind is what steps player agents—and more importantly the Player’s Association under the direction of Don Fehr, its executive director—are taking. What steps should they be taking? What steps are even practical at this juncture?
According to the above-linked ESPN story:
“There has been great concern among some agents, players and management officials about the implications of guilt that will be attached to any name contained within the report. They also have questions about the standards of proof the Mitchell investigators will apply before a player’s name is included in the report.
The consensus among them is that Mitchell and his investigators are in a position to broadly define those standards for themselves.
“If Senator Mitchell has a list of players who were on the mailing list of a pharmaceutical company,” said one agent, “I don’t know what can stop him from putting that in his report.”
Regardless of whether you feel Congress is overstepping its bounds here or not (it’s not like there’s anything else pressing going on in the nation and in the world, right?), the fact remains that for at least some MLB players, Judgment Day approacheth.
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With miami dolphins entering the New Year competitions, super bowl has just become even more interesting. The excitement fervor matches to the time of entry of baltimore ravens.
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