We have all read at this point 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 usually have decided to ask not so nicely. This is probably more info on applying legal pressure than it is mostly about actually trying to have 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 couple of 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 bit more than scribble on a notepad, there was clearly 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 associated with the clinic, several of those explanations were later shown to be false. The actual fact that several of those statements were found to be false, there was still very little physical evidence. Most likely, the league in conjunction with all the Joint Drug Agreement 'JDA'; there has to be evidence not just suspicion. The league wants the proof and now they are 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, you will find a code of ethics in reporting that says which they should, and probably will, go out of the way to protect their sources. On that front, this lawsuit tactic will probably not to ever 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 within the weeks and months to come, but you can easily be certain there are some players which are sweating a little bit.
The league is out for blood; primarily they need very badly to issue suspensions to Alex Rodriguez and Ryan Braun. It was reported that they have gone as far as offering immunity with other players for a little bit of dirt on these two. The players' union would like raise almighty hell in the event the league issued any suspension from whatever they have now which is the reason the league wants, and needs, an abundance of evidence. And then 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 issue lies in what they are going to need to do to get enough evidence to chose the results which they are searching for. It will be very tough to achieve 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 might be to far in to stop trying now! It's will be interesting to watch this one.
A couple of 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 bit more than scribble on a notepad, there was clearly 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 associated with the clinic, several of those explanations were later shown to be false. The actual fact that several of those statements were found to be false, there was still very little physical evidence. Most likely, the league in conjunction with all the Joint Drug Agreement 'JDA'; there has to be evidence not just suspicion. The league wants the proof and now they are 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, you will find a code of ethics in reporting that says which they should, and probably will, go out of the way to protect their sources. On that front, this lawsuit tactic will probably not to ever 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 within the weeks and months to come, but you can easily be certain there are some players which are sweating a little bit.
The league is out for blood; primarily they need very badly to issue suspensions to Alex Rodriguez and Ryan Braun. It was reported that they have gone as far as offering immunity with other players for a little bit of dirt on these two. The players' union would like raise almighty hell in the event the league issued any suspension from whatever they have now which is the reason the league wants, and needs, an abundance of evidence. And then 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 issue lies in what they are going to need to do to get enough evidence to chose the results which they are searching for. It will be very tough to achieve 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 might be to far in to stop trying now! It's will be interesting to watch this one.
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