MLB Prepared To Ban A-Rod For Life

[packs]

I think they are more pissed at Arod for recruiting other players for Bosch. I don't think they care as much that Arod used.

[Mr. Zipper]

Originally Posted by packs

I think they are more pissed at Arod for recruiting other players for Bosch. I don't think they care as much that Arod used.

Yes. Plus, from reports I've heard, Arods penalty will be extra stiff in part due to his efforts to tamper with witnesses and evidence.

[GrayGhost]

I'm a Yankees fan, but NOTHING would give me more satisfaction than this guy getting banned for life. Bud wants to do the detrimental to BB Clause, so A Fraud couldn't appeal. He has disgraced teh game , even far beyond all the other cheating roid users. NOTHING he has done IMO means anything.

[RichardSimon]

Originally Posted by Mr. Zipper

Yes. Plus, from reports I've heard, Arods penalty will be extra stiff in part due to his efforts to tamper with witnesses and evidence.

Yeah, that kind of stuff does not go over well with commissioners or prosecutors.

[Big Dave]

A-Rod is as good as gone. If he doesn't get a lifetime ban, he will be suspended for the rest of this season and the next one too. He will be hitting 40 by the time he is eligible to play again, plus off the field for two years......forget about it.

[packs]

He would never retire though. He's clearly stupid, but not so stupid as to voluntarily walk away from the remaining, what? 100 million plus on his contract? Baseball needs him to be banned. The Yankees need him to be banned even more.

[GrayGhost]

Originally Posted by packs

He would never retire though. He's clearly stupid, but not so stupid as to voluntarily walk away from the remaining, what? 100 million plus on his contract? Baseball needs him to be banned. The Yankees need him to be banned even more.

+100 million

[Mr. Zipper]

Originally Posted by packs

He would never retire though. He's clearly stupid, but not so stupid as to voluntarily walk away from the remaining, what? 100 million plus on his contract? Baseball needs him to be banned. The Yankees need him to be banned even more.

Certainly the Yankees are lobbying hard behind the scenes for a lifetime ban. Despite the embarrassment, it will save them $60 million or so on the last years of the contract.

What I can't believe is that there isn't already some sort of clause that would allow the team to sever the contract for violations of this sort.

[packs]

I think that there is. If a player is banned or retires voluntarily don't they forfeit the remaining balance of their contracts? I know Albert Belle specifically did not retire so that he could continue to collect his contract money while injured.

[dgo71]

I think that's definitely needed. I'm sure the Brewers would love to be able to void, or st the very least renegotiate Braun's PED-induced contract. A-Rod has consistently carried himself as someone who could buy his way out of anything, someone to whom the rules do not apply. It's high time he's shown he was wrong in that assumption. If they can ban Joe Jackson for basically not blowing the whistle on his teammates, or Pete Rose for gambling, then A-Rod should most definitely join that list for repeatedly cheating, obstruction of an ongoing investigation and his role in contaminating the game by basically recruiting for Biogenesis. Good riddance.

[cubsfan-budman]

Wondering what TheNavarro thinks about Nellie Cruz' involvement...I know that's his daughter's idol and one of his favorite players.

Navarro, does this affect your opinion of Cruz? How is your daughter handling the news?

[brookdodger55]

Either way If AROD gets a lifetime Ban he will not loose the 100 million, speculation is that he will retire due to hip injury and collect some if not all of his contract money through his/there's yankee's insurance policy. The best thing he can do is take the suspension and retire due to Hip Injury and collect from his insurance policy. Win Win for him