We have all read by now that Major League Baseball has filed a lawsuit to try and extract evidence from the Florida clinic that has made claims to supplying players with PEDs inside the past. The clinic has refused to turn this evidence over to the league simply because they asked nicely; so now they have decided to inquire about not so nicely. This might be probably more info on applying legal pressure than it is mostly about actually trying to experience the legal system force the documents to be turned over. In fact, the courts will probably laugh right in face of the league's lawyers because there is really no justification for this lawsuit.
A few months ago, news was leaked on every major outlet that the Biogenesis clinic in south Florida had records of PED sales to Major League Baseball athletes. With little more than scribble on a notepad, there was little for the league to go on as far as determining the validity of the reports. Several players came out offering an explanation on why their names were tied to the clinic, some of those explanations were later proved to be false. And even though a few of those statements were found to be false, there was still very little physical evidence. Most likely, the league in conjunction with the Joint Drug Agreement 'JDA'; there has to be evidence not only suspicion. The league wants the proof and now these are typically trying to bully their way to the truth.
The Biogenesis Clinic has no legal obligation to turn anything over to Major League Baseball. More importantly, there is a code of ethics in reporting that says which they should, and probably will, go out of their option to protect their sources. On that front, this lawsuit tactic will probably never to much to intimidate anyone as much as it will simply piss them off.
This is definitely a sticky situation; Major League Baseball has an obligation to investigate this and the opposite side has every right to keep their documents private. I can't really fault the league for trying but ultimately they will probably fail. It is tough to tell what path this will take in the weeks and months to come, but you could potentially take care there are some players which are sweating a little bit.
The league is out for blood; primarily they want very badly to issue suspensions to Alex Rodriguez and Ryan Braun. It was reported that they have gone so far as offering immunity to other players for a little bit of dirt on these two. The players' union would like raise almighty hell if the league issued any suspension from whatever they have now and is why the league wants, and needs, an abundance of evidence. Right after which boom, they will drop the hammer!
As it stands today, I don't see Major League Baseball letting this go away without some big names being issued suspensions. The problem lies in what they are getting to need to do to get enough evidence to get the results which they are searching for. It should be very tough to accomplish the desired results without compromising the system in general.
Major League Baseball has it's work cut out but there are punishments coming; most likely, they are to far in to stop trying now! It's will be interesting to view this one.
A few months ago, news was leaked on every major outlet that the Biogenesis clinic in south Florida had records of PED sales to Major League Baseball athletes. With little more than scribble on a notepad, there was little for the league to go on as far as determining the validity of the reports. Several players came out offering an explanation on why their names were tied to the clinic, some of those explanations were later proved to be false. And even though a few of those statements were found to be false, there was still very little physical evidence. Most likely, the league in conjunction with the Joint Drug Agreement 'JDA'; there has to be evidence not only suspicion. The league wants the proof and now these are typically trying to bully their way to the truth.
The Biogenesis Clinic has no legal obligation to turn anything over to Major League Baseball. More importantly, there is a code of ethics in reporting that says which they should, and probably will, go out of their option to protect their sources. On that front, this lawsuit tactic will probably never to much to intimidate anyone as much as it will simply piss them off.
This is definitely a sticky situation; Major League Baseball has an obligation to investigate this and the opposite side has every right to keep their documents private. I can't really fault the league for trying but ultimately they will probably fail. It is tough to tell what path this will take in the weeks and months to come, but you could potentially take care there are some players which are sweating a little bit.
The league is out for blood; primarily they want very badly to issue suspensions to Alex Rodriguez and Ryan Braun. It was reported that they have gone so far as offering immunity to other players for a little bit of dirt on these two. The players' union would like raise almighty hell if the league issued any suspension from whatever they have now and is why the league wants, and needs, an abundance of evidence. Right after which boom, they will drop the hammer!
As it stands today, I don't see Major League Baseball letting this go away without some big names being issued suspensions. The problem lies in what they are getting to need to do to get enough evidence to get the results which they are searching for. It should be very tough to accomplish the desired results without compromising the system in general.
Major League Baseball has it's work cut out but there are punishments coming; most likely, they are to far in to stop trying now! It's will be interesting to view this one.
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