Posted on 02/15/2008 11:03:57 AM PST by Kaslin
Gallagher should have read a little history before he wrote this half-baked column.
Lots of people got to witness what a PATHETIC JOKE that Waxman and Congress really is!!! LOTS of PEOPLE CRINGED!
Congress shall oversee Major League Baseball and hold regular hearings to ascertain the extent of drug usage therein.
While I don’t agree with the writer that the feds have no role in the baseball/steroids issue, I do agree with his basic premise. That is that congress is BS’ing around with this, and with NFL’s “spygate.” Frankly I think all the who is lying to who cr@p is about as mature as a junior high school game of “does she like me or does she like me like me.” They are not doing anything really substantive. Of course, I’m not sure I want them trying to do something substantive, because they always screw it up.
Selig and Fehr are incompetent to do their jobs and keep Performance Enhancing drugs out of the sport. Theyve had plenty of time and warning and disaster to get it done. This has been going on for years. As a fan, I dont care about the past , but I want the crap swept out. I want them to test for everything, including blood testing. Clean it up or cite them for anti-trust violations and open baseball up to real competition. Or let the govt enforce the need self regulations.. Im just sick of these feckless idiots.
So do you approve or disapprove of congress' role as a protection racket operator? "We'll pass ridiculous laws, and stretch their interpretation to extremes, so as to interfere with your right to do business. We'll pretend that different baseball clubs are competing companies instead of the branch offices of the same company they so obviously are. But just because we're so nice, we'll exempt you from those laws in exchange for the ability to control your operation."
The MLB invited the Feds in. Blame their stupidity.
Any sports commissioner that is called before Congress should refuse. When pressured by Congress, the commissioner should threaten to dissolve the league to avoid any potential problems. I doubt any politician would want to be linked to destroying the NFL, NBA, NHL or MLB.
Just like the restaurant owner “invited in” the mob owned linen company.
The problem is the fed was all too happy to accommodate. The gov't will happily creep into every single aspect of every american life if they can. The fact that some dumb asses are willing to have that is not the real problem. The fact that they do it and we are paying these clowns as well is the problem.
The Constitution does not guarantee the mob jurisdiction over interstate commerce. But it does the Congress.
I think congress should investigate itself.. and see how many of the “over the hill” gang, use the performance enhancing drug....Viagra, starting with ole Ted Kennedy..
I agree.
They can’t refuse. Both the NFL and MLB took anti-trust exemptions in exchange for government oversight.
Thank you.
I think Waxman will go and ask for Federal leadership over baseball...dumping Bud completely. It won’t surprise me if Bush is forced into a corner and has to name a guy to run baseball by Federal rules for a 3-year period. My candidate? I’d like to see that Hurricane Katrina 4-star Army general (who recently retired) to be named as the guy. I’d like to see someone yank both the owners and the players a bit....and tell the union to get its act together.
That is the battle the I am saying the leagues should pick. Dare Congress to pull the exemptions and shut down the leagues. NO politician wanting to be reelected is going to have his/her name associated with breaking up the NFL or MLB. Congress won't do it-the only power that Congress has is the power that the leagues give them.
But Landis insisted on being a one-man band.
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