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MIAMI, JUST A FEW MILES AWAY
FROM WHERE THIS CLINIC USED TO
BE.
RACHEL, THEY HAVE NO POSITIVE
DRUG TESTS.
HOW CAN MLB HAND DOWN SUCH
SERIOUS PENALTIES WITHOUT THAT?
>> WELL, THIS IS WHY WATTS
HAPPENED THIS WEEK IS SO
IMPORTANT.
YOU HAVE THIS CLINIC THAT HAS
ALREADY BEEN PROVEN TO BE
HANDING OUT STEROIDS TO BASEBALL
PLAYERS AND NOW THE FOUNDER OF
THE CLINIC HAS SAID THAT HE IS
WILLING TO COME IN TO MAJOR
LEAGUE BASEBALL FULLY COOPERATE
AND START NAMING NAMES, AND
BASEBALL CERTAINLY HOPES HE WILL
ALSO BRING WITH HIM SOME
PHYSICAL EVIDENCE BECAUSE JUST A
HE SAID-HE SAID ISN'T GOING TO
CUT IT HERE.
THESE PLAYERS WILL OF COURSE
APPEAL THESE SUSPENSIONS, SO
THEY'RE GOING TO NEED PHONE
RECORDS, THINGS LIKE GUYS WHO
SAID I NEVER KNEW THIS CLINIC,
NEVER HAD CONTACT, IF THERE ARE
TEXT MESSAGES, PHONE RECORDS,
PLANE TICKETS, THINGS THAT LINK
THEM, BASEBALL WILL HAVE A GOOD
CASE ON ITS HANDS.
SO THIS IS A GREAT DEVELOPMENT
THERE THEM, EVEN THOUGH THERE
ARE NO POSITIVE TESTS.
AND IT'S SO IMPORTANT, NOT JUST
FOR BASEBALL FANS WHO DON'T WANT
TO FEEL THAT ONCE AGAIN THE GAME
IS BEING RIGGED AT THE HIGHEST
LEVELS, BUT REALLY FOR SPORTS
FANS EVERYWHERE AND PARENTS.
PEOPLE WHO ARE DRAGGING THEIR
KIDS AROUND ALL WEEK TO SOCCER
PRACTICE AND SWIM MEETS.
THEY DON'T WANT TO FEEL WHEN
THEY'RE DROPPING THEIR CHILDREN
OFF AT LITTLE LEAGUE, YOU SAW
THE LANCE ARMSTRONG SCANDAL AND
THEN THIS.
YOUR KIDS FEEL IF THEY WANT A
COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIP, IF THEY
WANT TO COMPETE IN THE PROS,
THEY HAVE TO DO DRUGS TO HURT
THEIR BODIES.
>> WE HAVE BEEN HEARING A LOT OF
GRUMBLING ABOUT ALEX RODRIGUEZ
FOR A WHILE.
>> LARGELY ON THIS SHOW, REALLY.
>> THAT'S JUST AN ATEN-YANKEE
BIESZ, I HAVE TO SAY, BUT COULD
THIS THEORETICALLY BE THE END OF
A-ROD IN YANKEE PIN STRIPES IF
THERE IS EVIDENCE, IF THESE
CHARGES ARE CREDIBLE?
>> WELL, HERE'S THE CATCH.
PENALTIES FOR DRUG USE AND
P.E.D. SUSPENSIONS, THOSE ARE
COLLECTIVELY BARGAINED, SO A
TEAM CANNOT PUT IN A CONTRACT,
HEY, IFS YOU USE PERFORMANCE
ENHANCING DRUGS, WE CAN CUT YOU,
WE CAN VOID THE CONTRACT,
BECAUSE THIS IS A COLLECTIVE
BARGAIN BETWEEN THE PLAYERS'
ASSOCIATION AND THE LEAGUE.
PENALTIES ARE PENALTIES, 50
GAMES, 100 GAMES, THREE STRIKES
AND YOU'RE OUT.
THEY CAN'T DO ANYTHING MORE THAN
THE COLLECTIVE
BARGAININGGREEMENT SAYS.
HE COULD SERVE HIS 50 GAMES IF
MLB IS ABLE TO PROVE THE CASE
AND COME BACK AND HIS CONTRACT
IS VALID.
THE ONLY LOOPHOLE IS HEY, MAYBE
IF HE HAS THIS GREAT
EMBARRASSMENT AND IS SUSPENDED
FOR 100 GAMES, HAVING HIT
PROBLEMS.
MAYBE THE YANKEES COME TO HIM
AND SAY, HEY, LET'S ALL CUT
AEROLOSSES HERE AND YOU SAY
YOU'RE RETIRING BECAUSE OF YOUR
HEALTH.
WE TRY TO COLLECT THE INSURANCE.