MLB Commissioner Proposes Tougher Penalties
for Steroid
Useby VoasportsMajor League Baseball Commissioner
Bud Selig has proposed new, tougher penalties
for steroid use.If you would like to receive late
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1, 2005 (AXcess News) New York - Major League
Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig has proposed new,
tougher penalties for steroid use.Selig proposed
the tougher sanctions in a letter to the Major
League Players' Union head Donald Fehr. The commissioner
is also seeking to add amphetamines to the list
of banned substances.
Under Selig's proposal, a first offense would
mean a 50-game ban, a second offense would result
in a 100-game ban and a third offense would mean
a lifetime ban from the game. According to Selig,
a three-time offender has no place in baseball.Under
current rules, a first offense results in a 10-day
suspension and a second offense means a 30-day
ban. A fourth positive test costs a player one
year off the field.Major League Baseball has been
under increasing pressure from the U.S. Congress
to crack down on steroid use. Last month, several
current and former players as well as Selig and
Fehr appeared at an 11-hour hearing at which several
Congressmen called for baseball to do more about
steroids.Source: Voice of AmericaAXcess News will
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