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Owners Give Selig Steroid Plan Unanimous Support
Baseball owners unanimously endorsed commissioner Bud Selig's proposal for toughened steroid testing and approved new controlling owners for the Arizona Diamondbacks and Colorado Rockies.
Following Wednesday's quarterly meeting, the teams and the players' association said they will go ahead with a 16-nation World Baseball Classic in March, an event that has been in the planning stages for several years. Agreements remain incomplete, and major league baseball hopes to have a formal launch of the tournament at the All-Star Game in July.
Selig's steroids proposal, made to the union last month, calls for a 50-game ban for first offenders, a 100-game penalty for second offenders and a lifetime ban for a third positive test. It also would penalize use of amphetamines.
"It is clear now that steroid users upset the balance of competition on the playing field and raise public suspicions about the integrity of the game," Chicago White Sox owner Jerry Reinsdorf said in a statement.
Ken Kendrick, Arizona's new controlling owner, took over after Jerry Colangelo was forced out last year. Charlie Monfort, Colorado's controlling owner, replaced Jerry McMorris at the team's chairman and chief executive office in March 2003.
Approval of both ownership changes was unanimous.
Source: AP
Following Wednesday's quarterly meeting, the teams and the players' association said they will go ahead with a 16-nation World Baseball Classic in March, an event that has been in the planning stages for several years. Agreements remain incomplete, and major league baseball hopes to have a formal launch of the tournament at the All-Star Game in July.
Selig's steroids proposal, made to the union last month, calls for a 50-game ban for first offenders, a 100-game penalty for second offenders and a lifetime ban for a third positive test. It also would penalize use of amphetamines.
"It is clear now that steroid users upset the balance of competition on the playing field and raise public suspicions about the integrity of the game," Chicago White Sox owner Jerry Reinsdorf said in a statement.
Ken Kendrick, Arizona's new controlling owner, took over after Jerry Colangelo was forced out last year. Charlie Monfort, Colorado's controlling owner, replaced Jerry McMorris at the team's chairman and chief executive office in March 2003.
Approval of both ownership changes was unanimous.
Source: AP