Throwdowns > Forfeited

Coach C C said 12/13, 01:10 PM
I realize the monumental effort put forth by Senator Mitchell in the compilation of the soon to be released report. However, to publicly release the report can only do harm to the fans of baseball. Don't get me wrong, I don't believe we should live in the blind and ignore what's happened. All players that have broken the rules (and in some cases the law) should be punished accordingly. But, I believe it should be handled within the league and behind closed doors. It serves no purpose to the fans or the game to "air the laundry". It does, however, provide ESPN and the like with something else to talk about. We ALL know how the media can take a hang nail and make it life threatening. I will probably lose this one and that's fine. I am not morbidly curious about who did it....we know it was done and it's being handled. Period.

Coach C C said 12/13, 01:43 PM
Yeah for Canada. I understand your position. Personally, I don't need to know who has done it. I know players have. The bottom line is that releasing the report is bad for the game. It will hurt fan attendance, sales, merchandising, and endorsements. More than just baseball will suffer because of it. The point of paying the $20 Million is to find out how bad it is. Granted it could just turn a blind eye and keep going. It could have implemented testing across the board of ALL players without a report years ago. Point is...what good comes from releasing the report? The MLB will institute penalties whether the report splatters names everywhere or not. The Players union can prevent the drug use. As a fan all I can do is go...or not go to a ball game...buy or not buy their stuff. What is gained from releasing the report? Nothing. It only hurts the game.

Coach C C said 12/13, 02:14 PM
Well you can have this one. As I stated I expected to lose not because I feel I am wrong. Quite the contrary, I know I'm right. But the curiosity and thirst for a scandal rule the day. It's yours. I have no further arguments.