Ping!
Good news that a guy gets away with cheating?
Is that we are in this country now?
....in the glove fits, hide it in bulls***!
Sorry not buying it....chain of custody in drug testing has very firm and hard rules...which the tester should know or he's incomptent or lazy (both)?
Good News? Are you brain dead!?!
The bum gets off on a technicality! Ahh, the unions...ain't they great?
This is the right decision. There are millions of dollars and a man’s livelihood on the line, here. Having a proper handling procedure and chain-of-custody is not too much to ask.
If I were a player, I would want to see that sample taken, labeled, duplicated, blinded, packaged and in the mail. The fact that this tester actally took the sample home for 48 hours is outrageous.
Without proper handling and chain-of-custody, there is no sample. MLB should just walk away from this one, and hope they don’t get taken to the cleaners in a lawsuit.
The math on Ryan Braun is simple -
Testing positive + Getting off on a technicality = Fraud
It’s not good news. It’s a tecnicality. The collector kept the sample in his fridge over the weekend and was unable to account with 100% certainty to its’ safekeeping. He broke the chain of custody and the sample became inadmissable in the eyes of the arbitrator.
Had the collector done his job and delivered the sample to FedEx Braun would be sitting for 50 games.
Really?
This is precisely why there are strict chain of custody rules. If they become compromised, the test is invalid.
I don’t want to lose my job on a compromised urine test. I don’t want to be found guilty on an 11-1 jury vote. We have systems in place to protect the individual. At least, for now.
this has comrade Selig’s fingerprints all over it..
Braun got off on a tecnicality. The test was positive. He’s no MVP. Let’s see what he does this year without the foreign substances in his system.
He has not been exonerated, the arbitrator overturned the employment action based on the drug test.
50 games? That’s like three football seasons. Or more if the Brewers don’t get into the Super Bowl playoffs!