Ryan Braun, MLB player on the Milwaukee Brewers, had his 50 game suspension lifted thursday by a third party group of arbitrators, after the only solid evidence had been "forgotten" in a FedEx office, tampering with the sample. His urine was to determine whether or not he tested positive for the Performance Enhancing Drug, however the mailer forgot the urine sample in the Fed Ex office for 36 hours, delivering it on monday morning, instead of the previous friday. This presumably contaminated the sample, making it useless. The MLB organization was not happy with the 2-1 decision in favor of dropping the charges, though Braun continues to insist that that he was innocent. The Federal Law that prohibits using PED's caught Ryan after tests showed he had a irregularly high testosterone level in his system. He continues to state that it was just an effect of something else, and he did not take any drugs. After appealing and being put under public scrutiny, the technical error by FedEx overshadowed the truth about his PED use, leaving him mostly unscathed. The reigning NL MVP is set to return to training camp on Friday, leaving the MLB party to shake their heads in disappointment.
1 comment:
This is the part of our judicial system that really sucks. Just because of one tiny technicality, a man who was guilty of using performance enhancing drugs is let off with only a garnished reputation, even though he did something that was illegal in his sport.
Post a Comment