What Are You Thinking … (They Will Decide What Illegal Means)

I am not a big fan of unions. There was a time when unions were needed to protect workers from the abuses of management. Now we see the most powerful union in the country, the baseball players association, protecting its members from the law. Steroid use is illegal to all members of society unless of course you are a baseball player. The all powerful players union decides what it deems to be legal or illegal.

I understand the baseball union’s strength has allowed the players to become filthy rich but what I don’t understand is how something like steroid use has to be up for negotiation. Does the players union think that if they even give one inch on any negotiation that it will lead to other concessions? It is hilarious to hear that Jason Giambi cannot be penalized for admitted steroid use because at the time of his use it was not illegal in baseball. It seems to me we have lost our minds. The public pressure should be so incredible that baseball becomes compelled to punish its players for cheating. Cheating cannot be negotiated.

I am a huge fan of the game of baseball. It does become more and more difficult to remain a fan of the players as each year passes. The arrogance they have by requiring every issue be negotiated is beyond anything I can comprehend. They refuse to submit to the punishment that management might levy for steroid use because it will affect them monetarily. The damage to the game of baseball is irrelevant to the players. It is even rumored that most rank and file union members agree with the ban on steroids but union managment doesnt. Only negotiation will decide what illegal means in baseball. It has gotten so bad that it almost seems that the players union is management and the owners are the players. The owners are the ones who need to be protected from the players.