'Selig Rule' emphasizes diversity in MLB

[kalinecountry]

http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20130826&content_id=58500104&vkey=news_mlb&c_id=mlb
'Selig Rule' first of its kind in sports.
MLB Commissioner emphasized diversity hiring years before others.
mlb.com

 

[Mitchrapp]

Nice. And its unfortunate that he will be remembered as the steroid commissioner who allowed it to go on far too long..

 

[tomdalton22]

Nice. And its unfortunate that he will be remembered as the steroid commissioner who allowed it to go on far too long..

....when it wasn't his fault it took so long to get testing...it was the union's fault.

 

[Mitchrapp]

Either way, sometimes Selig gets a bad rap. But as Commissioner, I guess its part of the job.

 

[Thumb]

....when it wasn't his fault it took so long to get testing...it was the union's fault.

He shares in the blame too. He also sat back and loved it while McGwire and Sosa had their epic HR battle because it increased the popularity of baseball.

He's running a crusade now, but for a while, him and many owners got rich off juicing superstars, and looked the other way until the Mitchell report.

He was like a cop who's supposed to be watching for speeders, sleeping in his car, and wakes up at the end of his shift to try to pull over as many as possible to make up for it.

 

[gotime909]

He shares in the blame too. He also sat back and loved it while McGwire and Sosa had their epic HR battle because it increased the popularity of baseball.

He's running a crusade now, but for a while, him and many owners got rich off juicing superstars, and looked the other way until the Mitchell report.

He was like a cop who's supposed to be watching for speeders, sleeping in his car, and wakes up at the end of his shift to try to pull over as many as possible to make up for it.

:tup:

 

[tomdalton22]

He shares in the blame too. He also sat back and loved it while McGwire and Sosa had their epic HR battle because it increased the popularity of baseball.

He's running a crusade now, but for a while, him and many owners got rich off juicing superstars, and looked the other way until the Mitchell report.

He was like a cop who's supposed to be watching for speeders, sleeping in his car, and wakes up at the end of his shift to try to pull over as many as possible to make up for it.

Selig tried to get drug testing in the CBA in 1995 but the union said no. They knew about it then and the union wanted nothing to do with testing. Once the CBA was signed there was no chance in hell that baseball could implement a testing program without the union. Maybe Selig should have stood frim in 1995.....but it was on the table and the union said no.

 

[byco42]

Selig tried to get drug testing in the CBA in 1995 but the union said no. They knew about it then and the union wanted nothing to do with testing. Once the CBA was signed there was no chance in hell that baseball could implement a testing program without the union. Maybe Selig should have stood frim in 1995.....but it was on the table and the union said no.

The union said "NO." That settled it, then. Nice work, Bud.

 

[tomdalton22]

The union said "NO." That settled it, then. Nice work, Bud.

It was the longest work stoppage in the history of baseball. Also, it was the union that didn't want testing....that says it all IMO.

 

[byco42]

It was the longest work stoppage in the history of baseball. Also, it was the union that didn't want testing....that says it all IMO.

Selig is complicit in this whole comedy of errors. Capitulation was not the solution. Now that the press and public opinion are on his side of the scale, he's all for banning players.

 

[tomdalton22]

Selig is complicit in this whole comedy of errors. Capitulation was not the solution. Now that the press and public opinion are on his side of the scale, he's all for banning players.

He does have some responsiblity but of all entities involved he is the least culpable. #1 is the players...those who did the PEDs and those that knew about it and kept their mouths shut. #2 is the union....the owners who were represented by Selig WANTED testing in 1994 and the UNION shot them down during CBA negotiations. #3 IMO is the media. How can all of these reporters not see the huge spike in the late '90s and not write about it...investigate?

The bottom line is Selig and the owners wanted testing and the union would not budge. Selig could have stood firm and maybe the eniter 1995 season would have been lost.