September 26, 200520 yr 20 games. The MLB players are saying now they'll accept 20 games as a suspension for being caught using steroids. What a f***ing Joke. You use steroids for months...add pounds of muscle mass...and they might suspend you for 20 games. It has to be at least 40. Otherwise, it doesn't make a damn difference...the stuff probably won't even leave people's systems in that long...let alone 20. MLBPA better step it up soon...otherwise they're going to be facing a mandatory 2 year suspension for the first test, and it'll be federal law. Baseball players would accept a stiffer penalty for first-time steroid offenders -- 20 games instead of 10 days -- and agree to amphetamine tests, but the union's offer Monday still fell short of what commissioner Bud Selig wanted. In an April 25 letter to the union, Selig called for a 50-game suspension for an initial positive test, a 100-game ban for second-time offenders and a lifetime ban for a third violation. Union head Donald Fehr's response said Selig's proposal was meant to quiet criticisms of baseball's current policy, not deter steroid use. "We share your concern about the criticism our program has received, and, in response, the players have demonstrated, several times now, their willingness to take all reasonable measures in response," Fehr wrote. Nine players have been suspended this year under the MLB program, with Baltimore's Rafael Palmeiro the most prominent. "Doubling it is good," Orioles player representative Jay Gibbons said before Monday night's game against the Yankees. "I think 10 is a little light. Ten you can get away with as a team. You can do without a guy for 10 days, but 20, you're kind of hurting your ballclub, too. Not just your own public scrutiny, but you're hurting your ballclub to win." Fehr's letter came ahead of Wednesday's congressional hearings on steroids in sports, the latest in a series of sessions on Capitol Hill. Selig and Fehr are expected to join the commissioners and union heads of the NFL, NBA and NHL in testifying about legislation to standardize testing and punishment policies. Rob Manfred, executive vice president of labor relations in the commissioner's office, did not return a telephone call seeking comment. "Twenty games are not enough," baseball spokesman Rich Levin said. "Also, the union's proposal is not three strikes and you're out. It is three strikes and maybe you're out."
September 27, 200520 yr 1st strike-50 games 2nd stirke- season 3rd strike- You're gone <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Ditto
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