Woodruff wrote:Night Strike wrote:Woodruff wrote:Night Strike wrote:All that money should be forced to be paid out to a charity or something. And there really needs to be some monetary punishment to players who get to sign these big contracts while on PEDs yet get to keep playing out the contract. They should be forced to play a year for the minimum salary before signing a new contract. Or something along those lines.
Well, Ryan Braun is without his salary through his suspension...that's a pretty big monetary hit, if you as me.
He loses less than $4 million off an approximately $11 million contract. Next year, his 5 year, $105 million (approximate numbers) contract kicks in that he signed immediately after the 2011 season, when he tested positive for PEDs but weaseled out of the ban. That means he has to lose $4 million in order to gain $21 million per year for 5 years. Sounds like an easy trade off.
That's just it...it's not a trade off. It's a full loss of $4 million. At the time Braun took the PEDs, he wasn't thinking "It doesn't matter if I get caught, because even though I'll lose $4 million, I'll gain $105 million". He was thinking "I won't get caught". Period.
As well, it definitely does appear that there are going to be serious consequences for future violations forthcoming, now that the Players' Union is pretty onboard with handling this thing the way it should be.
I would not hesitate to use PEDs if I thought it would make me $500,000, nevermind $105 million.
As far as I'm concerned, people suspected of PED use in the past (e.g. Bonds, Clemens, Sosa, McGwire) should still be HoFers (and for some first ballott HOFers). And I hate all four of those guys (not for PEDs - I don't care if you use whatever).
