This just popped into my inbox at my day job…
“We are going to ask Senator George Mitchell, Commissioner Bud Selig, and the President of the Major League Players Association, Don Fehr, to testify at a House Oversight and Government Reform hearing on Tuesday, December 18. We look forward to their testimony on whether the Mitchell report’s recommendations will be adopted and whether additional measures are needed.”
I’ve pasted the full statement below the fold....
“This is a sad day for Major League Baseball but a good day for integrity in sports. It’s an important step towards the goal of eliminating the use of performance enhancing substances.
“The Mitchell report is sobering. It shows the use of steroids and human growth hormone has been and is a significant problem in Major League Baseball. And it shows that everyone involved in Major League Baseball bears some responsibility for this scandal.
“We are going to ask Senator George Mitchell, Commissioner Bud Selig, and the President of the Major League Players Association, Don Fehr, to testify at a House Oversight and Government Reform hearing on Tuesday, December 18. We look forward to their testimony on whether the Mitchell report’s recommendations will be adopted and whether additional measures are needed.
“We want to commend Commissioner Selig for authorizing this investigation and thank Senator Mitchell for his dedication to this effort.
So this report - based largely (I’m only about 40-50% through it, but from media accounts) on the tales of a felon cutting a deal and a fired trainer, and some articles Mitchell read - and generally seen by many as a way to avoid further congressional involvement has resulted in.... further congressional involvement.
Bravo, MLB. Bravo *slow clap*
Sean McNally
Posted: December 13, 2007 at 04:45 PM |
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The congressional involvement moves from keeping an eye on the owners (read:antitrust exemption) to forgetting about the owners and keeping an eye on the players' union. Selig got exactly what he wanted.
Surprise, surprise, surprise.
(BTW, look out for that Blackwater link. It does a mandatory fullscreen on your browser. No joke.)
"Each player who used an illegal, performance-enhancing substance bears personal responsibility for his actions, but the scope of cheating within baseball could not have grown and continued without the complicity or the willful ignorance of everyone involved," Pelosi said in a statement.
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