Baseball Musings
Baseball Musings
December 13, 2007
Fehr Speaks

Donald Fehr takes the podium.

Update: Fehr admits that they could have taken action earlier on combating steroids, but that testing is working.

Update: Fehr sticking by players who might be disciplined.

Update: Fehr's remarks were short but surprisingly non-combative. A big reason for that is they haven't gotten a chance to study the report, since they did not get a copy until 1 PM, and that was a hard copy as opposed to an electronic format. During questioning, Don did seem upset about that.

He was willing to explore changes in the testing procedures, however. All in all, a very measured response to the situation. I didn't get the feeling that there would be a war between the players and the owners over this, but we'll see.


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Comments

The thing that irks me the most is how much of a pass the NFL gets on PED use. I realize that the NFL started testing for steriods some 20 years ago, but the NFL was at the point MLB is now at that time. It just goes to show how far ahead the PED curve the NFL is as compared to MLB. HGH is now the big thing going on in the NFL and MLB, but I'm sure that HGH use has been rampant in the NFL for years and years. In fact, NFL players have probably already moved on to the next big thing that MLB players, by and large, haven't even caught on to yet.

I just wish PEDs weren't portrayed as just a Baseball problem when I'm sure that they are an even much bigger problem in the NFL.

Posted by: Thomas Hauk at December 14, 2007 01:33 AM
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