Sunday, October 6, 2013

Alex Rodriguez sues Major League Baseball

             http://www.cnn.com/2013/10/04/us/alex-rodriguez-mlb-lawsuit/index.html?hpt=us_c2
 "He alleges that MLB and Selig "engaged in tortious and egregious conduct with one and only one goal ... to destroy the reputation and career of Alex Rodriguez." Rodriguez tries to justify his reasoning behind them trying to ruin his reputation by saying they were not being confidential about the case. It seems as though he was trying to distract from the fact that he was using drugs and team up against MLB. He was probably trying to make him have more time, to get justice and get out of what he did wrong, which is childish.  His actions are making him seem ridiculous and not making him look any better than MLB.  This case is being dragged out for no apparent reason in my mind.
“There are accusations that a representative of MLB purchased stolen documents for $150,000 in cash, documents presumably that would document Rodriguez's use of performance enhancing drugs. In addition, the document says the same MLB representative engaged in an inappropriate sexual relationship with a witness in the case against Rodriguez.” All this information has nothing to do with the actual case at hand, maybe the representative did purchase stolen documents but that was all to find out if Rodriguez was using drugs. It may be bad but if it helps the case, then why shouldn’t MLB use it against him. He clearly is bringing stuff like this up to get them in trouble and distract everyone from the bad he is doing. The MLB is just trying to figure out the facts about something a player is doing and the player is using anything he can to make MLB look bad.
"While we vehemently deny the allegations in the complaint, none of those allegations is relevant to the real issue: whether Mr. Rodriguez violated the Joint Drug Prevention and Treatment Program by using and possessing numerous forms of prohibited performance-enhancing substances, including testosterone and human growth hormone, over the course of multiple years and whether he violated the Basic Agreement by attempting to cover up his violations of the program by engaging in a course of conduct intended to obstruct and frustrate the Office of the Commissioner's investigation." It seems as though they are admitting to trying to take down Mr. Rodriguez but even if so he still has done something wrong in his agreement with MLB. It says in the statement that he violated the basic agreement by trying to cover up what he’s guilty for but putting more stress on others to distract them from the issue at hand. Many other players that violated the rules and regulations that they agreed upon following didn’t drag it out like Rodriguez.  In return his suspension lasted a lot longer than the suspension of other players who just agreed with the suspension and didn’t argue and try to make the MLB look bad.  Hopefully he will learn not to fight the consequences of his actions.

                

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