Milwaukee Brewers outfielder Ryan Braun will accept his NL MVP award in New York despite being accused of testing positive for too much testosterone in his system back on December 10th when the news of the tests were discovered. Steroid issues have been occurring problems with players in the MLB and strict sentences for being tested positive have been accounted for. Baseball deems taking steroids as a form of cheating, which is a fair assumption because the performance of an athlete is made to be natural as talent and skill are the frameworks of great athletes, once steroids gets involved it now gives an athlete a competitive advantage from their opponents.
The problem I have with this Braun situation is that the MLB is allowing Braun to accept his award knowingly that he tested positive for a performance enhancing substance which Braun utters is complete B.S. If the MLB presents the award to Braun are they not accepting the fact that his stats could have been skewed by a performance enhancer and therefore the fact that he was voted MVP is based on lies and not clean statistics?
The MLB commission has announced that they would suspend Braun for 50 games starting the 2012 season which Braun is trying to appeal. What is wrong with this picture? Presenting the MVP award to a player who was caught “cheating” in a sense, basically saying okay you had a great season your stats were league bests, you led your team to a division title, congratulations but now you’re suspended for 50 games.
The MLB commission in my opinion should either award Braun with the MVP award, allow him to begin the 2012 season dismissing the allegations of his positive tests, or not allow him to accept the award and suspend him for 50 games for the 2012 season. It only seems fitting that these situations flow accurately with one another. In all seriousness suspending Braun for 50 games is only going to hurt the MLB because they OWN the Brewers franchise.
Braun is an asset to the club in ways that his performance helps to earn wins, and in a business perspective he is important in MAKING MONEY in forms of ticket sales, jerseys, concessions, etc. Fans are attracted to Braun, they go to the games to see him play, he is one of their star players. Teams do not sell seats. SUPERSTARS SELL SEATS; superstars make money for professional teams, and if Braun is suspended he will still be receiving pay from the team so you might as well play the man because it will only turn into a poor financial first half of the season for the Brewers and potentially poor record for the games he’s supposed to miss.
The problem I have with this Braun situation is that the MLB is allowing Braun to accept his award knowingly that he tested positive for a performance enhancing substance which Braun utters is complete B.S. If the MLB presents the award to Braun are they not accepting the fact that his stats could have been skewed by a performance enhancer and therefore the fact that he was voted MVP is based on lies and not clean statistics?
The MLB commission has announced that they would suspend Braun for 50 games starting the 2012 season which Braun is trying to appeal. What is wrong with this picture? Presenting the MVP award to a player who was caught “cheating” in a sense, basically saying okay you had a great season your stats were league bests, you led your team to a division title, congratulations but now you’re suspended for 50 games.
The MLB commission in my opinion should either award Braun with the MVP award, allow him to begin the 2012 season dismissing the allegations of his positive tests, or not allow him to accept the award and suspend him for 50 games for the 2012 season. It only seems fitting that these situations flow accurately with one another. In all seriousness suspending Braun for 50 games is only going to hurt the MLB because they OWN the Brewers franchise.
Braun is an asset to the club in ways that his performance helps to earn wins, and in a business perspective he is important in MAKING MONEY in forms of ticket sales, jerseys, concessions, etc. Fans are attracted to Braun, they go to the games to see him play, he is one of their star players. Teams do not sell seats. SUPERSTARS SELL SEATS; superstars make money for professional teams, and if Braun is suspended he will still be receiving pay from the team so you might as well play the man because it will only turn into a poor financial first half of the season for the Brewers and potentially poor record for the games he’s supposed to miss.
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