AROD May Be Banned from Baseball?!?!

All for the lifetime ban.

Must say the reports of Tony Bosch probing A-ROID's arm for a vein are comical. As a nurse, i can say this is Medicine 101. Might want to check your doctors credentials if he can't find a vein in a healthy full grown male athlete.

Rodriguez's claims, that he only took steroids in Texas to deal with the pressures of a new contract were ridiculous. I can think of no better way to relieve the pressure than to move to the largest market in baseball with an even larger contract. He's a narcissist and habitual liar; those are the nicest things I have to say about him.

Quite honestly, the Yankees got what they deserved, and hope they get stuck with $98 million owed.

[iwantitiwinit]

Good riddance. Simply stated he is a cancer. If he actually induced or introduced other players to the clinic I wonder if he could technically be charged as a drug pusher/distributor. That would be something.

[Fred]

Due process....


I couldn't care less if A-Rod's banned for life, however in our great democracy we owe him due process before banning him for life....

[nolemmings]

He's got no prior discipline for PEDs. It is more than a stretch to stack whatever they think they have as separate offenses and claim it's sufficient to give him a lifetime ban, and it would set horrible precedent for the Union; thus neither AROD nor the MLBPA would go down without a huge fight.

I suppose they could invoke some other "best interests of the game" clause if they think there was sufficient evidence of cover-up or tampering with evidence/ interfering with the investigation, etc. That too seems to me a stretch, and would also likely be appealed vigorously.

My guess is he'll be suspended through 2014. I doubt he will agree to anything, at least until that much is done and he's haggling to have it reduced.

[ScottFandango]

Originally Posted by Fred

Due process....


I couldn't care less if A-Rod's banned for life, however in our great democracy we owe him due process before banning him for life....

Totally disagree. This is baseball not a court of law... Totally 2 different things

[Sean]

I agree with Scott: Due Process and Presumption of Innocence are important concepts in the judicial system, but only there. We can form our opinions of Arod based on whatever criteria we choose.