Braun Suspended

[LoveYourSuit]

Originally Posted by DSpivack

Is that written into the CBA? I would think that there would be some clause along those lines.

I highly doubt it.

Up until the recent events, the MLBPA has been very protective about their players. Highly doubt they gave this sort of leverage to the owners.

[Noneck]

Originally Posted by LoveYourSuit

I really wish there was a legal way to allow these massive contracts revoked when these players are busted.

You think any player would dare even consider taking PEDs?

I wish contracts could be revoked also so the cheaters that get caught would get really hurt. But they would still try to cheat because the cheating would be a reason to get the big contracts initially.

[Boondock Saint]

Originally Posted by Noneck

I wish contracts could be revoked also so the cheaters that get caught would get really hurt. But they would still try to cheat because the cheating would be a reason to get the big contracts initially.

Bingo.

[LoveYourSuit]

Originally Posted by Noneck

I wish contracts could be revoked also so the cheaters that get caught would get really hurt. But they would still try to cheat because the cheating would be a reason to get the big contracts initially.

Some punishment is better than no punishment. Right now a 50 game suspension when a guy still has 4-5 years left on a $100 million dollar deal is the equivalent of a late mortgage payment. Revoke that contact on the spot and that's a bankruptcy/foreclosure.

Yes guys will be shooting up the juice just for the chance of hitting that big pay day. But what good is it to them if the next day signing that deal it can all be gone and more than likely never getting another deal again.

[Boondock Saint]

Originally Posted by LoveYourSuit

Some punishment is better than no punishment. Right now a 50 game suspension when a guy still has 4-5 years left on a $100 million dollar deal is the equivalent of a late mortgage payment. Revoke that contact on the spot and that's a bankruptcy/foreclosure.

Yes guys will be shooting up the juice just for the chance of hitting that big pay day. But what good is it to them if the next day signing that deal it can all be gone and more than likely never getting another deal again.

Once you've gotten that kind of contract, there will always be a team willing to pay for your services, PEDs or not.

[LoveYourSuit]

Originally Posted by Boondock Saint

Once you've gotten that kind of contract, there will always be a team willing to pay for your services, PEDs or not.

How do you know that?

Name a PED offender that has signed a massive FA deal after getting busted?

You think anyone would be signing ARod for top $$$ tomorrow if by some miracle Selig steps in right now and announces his contract null and void?

Look what happened to all the PED frauds who went away without a sound:

Sosa, Bonds, Palmeiro, M Ramirez, etc

[Boondock Saint]

Originally Posted by LoveYourSuit

How do you know that?

Name a PED offender that has signed a massive FA deal after getting busted?

You think anyone would be signing ARod for top $$$ tomorrow if by some miracle Selig steps in right now and announces his contract null and void?

Look what happened to all the PED frauds who went away without a sound:

Sosa, Bonds, Palmeiro, M Ramirez, etc

All of those guys were washed up by the time they were busted, and it'll be the same story with A-Rod if/when it happens to him, too.

[Mr. Jinx]

Originally Posted by LoveYourSuit

How do you know that?

Name a PED offender that has signed a massive FA deal after getting busted?

You think anyone would be signing ARod for top $$$ tomorrow if by some miracle Selig steps in right now and announces his contract null and void?

Look what happened to all the PED frauds who went away without a sound:

Sosa, Bonds, Palmeiro, M Ramirez, etc

It isn't massive, but Melky Cabrera signed a 2 year $16 mil deal after getting busted.

Andy Pettite signed a 1 year $12 mil deal this year.

The Balco scandal was in 2003, a perjury case in 2006, and Bonds was still signed to a 1 year $15mil deal in 2007.

[Mr. Jinx]

Originally Posted by Boondock Saint

All of those guys were washed up by the time they were busted, and it'll be the same story with A-Rod if/when it happens to him, too.

Exactly true, nobody would give ARod a big deal tomorrow even if he didn't get busted again.

[DumpJerry]

So, that tweet from fellow Cheesehead Aaron Rodgers is looking more and more toolsy today....

[Boondock Saint]

Originally Posted by DumpJerry

So, that tweet from fellow Cheesehead Aaron Rodgers is looking more and more toolsy today....

Yeah, I won't hold my breath waiting for his "My friend is a dick, and I was a douche for ignoring the evidence and telling off everybody who was actually right about him in the first place" tweet.

[Mr. Jinx]

Originally Posted by dumpjerry

so, that tweet from fellow cheesehead aaron rodgers is looking more and more toolsy today....

hahahahahaha

[RockJock07]

Originally Posted by DumpJerry

So, that tweet from fellow Cheesehead Aaron Rodgers is looking more and more toolsy today....

I think Aaron could have handled it better. I get he was sticking up for his friend however he didn't have to go over the top in his defense until everything was know.

If you're unaware Rodgers and Braun own a restaurant together in the Milwaukee area and are due to open another restaurant soon.

This isn't a story about Rodgers however because of his comments and tweets about Braun he's going to have to answer some serious questions. I would guess Rodgers and Braun never discussed the PED's and Rodgers assumed his friend was on the straight and narrow. I can't fault him for looking out for his friend but he didn't have to do it in a public way that would leave Rodgers open to this egg-on-face moment he now faces.

[thomas35forever]

I hate when people turn the other way on certain PED users while demonizing others. Braun was definitely in the former. He still took that stuff whether he was suspended the first time around or not. Glad nobody will be able to question that now.

[ComiskeyBrewer]

Originally Posted by RockJock07

I think Aaron could have handled it better. I get he was sticking up for his friend however he didn't have to go over the top in his defense until everything was know.

If you're unaware Rodgers and Braun own a restaurant together in the Milwaukee area and are due to open another restaurant soon.

This isn't a story about Rodgers however because of his comments and tweets about Braun he's going to have to answer some serious questions. I would guess Rodgers and Braun never discussed the PED's and Rodgers assumed his friend was on the straight and narrow. I can't fault him for looking out for his friend but he didn't have to do it in a public way that would leave Rodgers open to this egg-on-face moment he now faces.

Agreed. Rodgers was over the top, but i can't fault him for defending his friend in public. I would defend my friend in public to others, but i have no problem smacking them on the head in private and asking "What were you thinking?" That's what friends do.