Independent Drug Testing Considered Vital For Cleaning Up Baseball
The US Congress is looking into its options to force Major League Baseball into having an independent drug testing program.
Congress is prepared to impose harsh measures against Major League Baseball and its players’ union unless the two sides agree to an independent drug-testing program and most of the other recommendations in the Mitchell Report, a congressman said.
The threat stems from a powerful source: antitrust exemption that protects baseball from outside competition, and an exemption Congress could rescind with enough votes. The special status given baseball by the government could empower Congress to unilaterally pass a drug-testing program.
The DaytaTree Team