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Would Suspensions for Drug Ties Be Enough?
Major leaguers Alex Rodriguez and Ryan Braun are among the baseball players who could face 100-game suspensions if disciplined over alleged performance-enhancing drug purchases. Do you think such a punishment would fit the wrongdoing?
Major league officials could soon take their ball and tell a handful of players to go home.
Sporting News cited last week an ESPN report that said Major League Baseball and Commissioner Bud Selig could discipline big-leaguers Alex Rodriguez, Ryan Braun and nearly 20 other players over allegations that they purchased performance-enhancing drugs from the Biogenesis clinic.
The report says the players could face suspensions spanning 100 games.
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Sporting News later last week reported that Anthony Bosch, founder of Biogenesis, cut a deal with MLB officials to testify against players accused of dealing with the clinic, while the league, the Associated Press reports, has had its lawyers subpoena several companies in an effort to gain records for its investigation.
Should players found to be involved in the scandal be hit with 100-game suspensions? Would such punishments be too harsh, or too lenient?
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