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From: jmh@ltuxa.UUCP (Jon M. Hanrath)
Newsgroups: net.sport.baseball
Subject: Re: More on drug penalties
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Date: Mon, 17-Mar-86 08:21:37 EST
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Posted: Mon Mar 17 08:21:37 1986
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Reply-To: jmh@ltuxa.UUCP (64lt503310-Jon M. Hanrath)
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>	Peter Ueberroth was more interested in serving his own political 
>interests than in serving baseball when he made his decisions about drug use.  
>Don't be surprised to see his name on the ballot of the upcoming Senate race 
>in Califonia. I can see it now...  
>
. . . .etc

First of all I am NOT a big Ueberroth fan, and I don't particularly like
his style.  However, I'm totally for his penalties on the players who
took drugs.  Not only have these players admitted doing something against
the law, but these are men in the public eye who have a responsibility
to "keep their noses clean".  I think the biggest benefit of this whole
saga is that OTHER players hopefully will think twice before getting into
drugs.  I'm sure there are plenty of players out there who are breathing
a sigh of relief that they weren't implicated (at least yet).  This is
a sport where heros are born, not zeros.  Ten percent of $XXX,XXX.XX
which is tax deductable and 100 hours of service is a VERY small price
to pay for someone who has commited a crime.

In fact, I would go so far as to say that athletes are still being treated
with kids gloves.  Look at Scott Skiles the Michigan State hoops player
twice convicted.  Look at Keith Hernandez who is actually "insulted" at
having to give up a measy 10% of a million (or whatever he makes) and
having to do community service.  He's lucky he's still in the game.

Think back to when Paul Hornung and Alex Karras bet a few bucks on their
own teams , and sat out a whole season for it (and were kept out of the
Hall of Fame for years because of it).  It's a bit sobering . . .

Jon Hanrath
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