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because of his sorry ass excuse for failing a drug test and the arbitrator believing him, now future test will be in doubt...
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because of his sorry ass excuse for failing a drug test and the arbitrator believing him, now future test will be in doubt...Originally posted by Nick Mangold -
Everyone who gets popped will challenge the collecting procedure now. The testing has no credibility post-Braun. -
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MLB has fired Shyam Das, the retard arbitrator who let Braun off the hook despite the collector following proper procedure.Comment
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PEDBREW
JEWCER
Fuck this dude.
^ Shouts to MvP for the sick sig. GFX TEAM BACK
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Did his report ever come out or was it just not made public?Comment
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not made publicComment
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Just proves how much of a joke Braun being allowed to play right now is. Fuck everything about this case. Fuck Ryan Braun.Comment
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That is what I don't get. I understand that they are pissed about it, but that is why you have an independent arbitrator. You can't fire him for that decision. The league office definitely needs to make it a priority to redo the policy now, but that might not happen for a while and the door is wide open. Though it is BS that the collector followed proper procedure, and that the previous policy even said not to use drop boxes and to take the sample home.Comment
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You guys are being borderline retarded. This isn't Braun's fault.
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Das didn't need to submit a report. MLB and MLBPA agreed to this. Instead they changed the procedure on how urine is collected.
Shyam Das, the arbitrator who overturned the pending 50-game suspension for a positive test of a banned substance, originally was scheduled to deliver his written decision within 30 days of his ruling, which came on Feb. 23.
But, according to the AP report, the players' union and management asked Das to hold off giving his reasoning while they negotiate changes to their rules for collecting urine specimens.
If players and owners reach agreement on the changes, Das' decision could be allowed to stand without any written explanation.
AP reports the sides already have made some changes to collection procedures as a result of Das' decision. Collectors are now required to drop the samples off at a Federal Express office on the same day they are collected, provided an office is open in the vicinity. If not, collectors should take the specimens home rather than leave them in a drop box.
The collector of Braun's sample last Oct. 1, Dino Laurenzi Jr., took the sealed sample home when there were no FedEX offices within 50 miles of Miller Park that shipped on Saturday. Laurenzi did not send the urine sample until the following Monday, a delay which became the crux of Braun's successful appeal.
Das heard two days of testimony in New York in late January and eventually ruled in Braun's favor because of the 40-hour delay in shipping, which he considered questionable.Comment
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Laurenzi followed the procedure, and Das is a fucking moron who can't be bothered to understand the policy, or understand the science. That box could have sat in Laurenzi's basement for a month and the results would still have not been corrupted.
I mentioned in the chat box yesterday, that it's too bad Goodell isn't the MLB commish. The barbaric NFL fans don't appreciate his strong, firm, smart leadership, and you can bet his attitude towards Braun would have been "50 games, tell your union to eat shit, hire a lawyer and see you in court because you're not playing".
Baseball looks like goofs, and the policy has no teeth. And nobody in the media has the guts to learn about PED testing or to hammer Das for this, because they all want to be nice to Braun. Why dont some of these baseball writers take 10 minutes out of their day to call a boxing or MMA journalist and get themselves informed on how testing works? The MMA community laughed at how badly this was handled by all involved, including the media.Comment
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I hope Nickeas wasn't getting tips on where to stick the needle.
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