Should he resign as commissioner of baseball over the steriods issue/cover up because it happened under his watch?
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Should he resign as commissioner of baseball over the steriods issue/cover up because it happened under his watch?
Last edited by Carin4Narron; 02-09-2009 at 12:25 PM.
PROVE ME WRONG, REDS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!AND THEY DID!!!!!!!!!!
Honestly I cant soley blame Bud on the steriods..........BUT everything else that has also happend under his reign makes him easily the worst commissioner ever. Baseball needs a baseball guy running things, of course the owners dont know anything about baseball themselves so that will never happen.
Crazy salaries, no salary cap, strike, interleague play, too much expansion, stupid division tie coin flip rule that only wasnt changed till this comming season, All-Star game tie..........
Bud was an owner when performance enhancing drugs became commonplace. He's as much to blame as anyone who owned a team and benefitted from artificially improved performances.
Bingo,my friendOriginally Posted by Moosie52
PROVE ME WRONG, REDS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!AND THEY DID!!!!!!!!!!
He should resign for this reason and many more. He is terrible for the game.
Amen brother!
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No way! He's a beacon of integrity. Just cut his annual compensation from $17.5 milion to $15 miilion.
Yes, he should resign because he's been horrible for the game. But, what can you expect from a former used car salesman?
I'm not sure if this has been mentioned yet, but you know who isn't a good commissioner...Bud Selig.
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What Bud should have done was this. He should have unilaterally brought in the Olympic Drug Testing program which has been working hard for 20+ years on testing and dared the players to strike. Imagine the PR nightmare for the players. On one side, you could out half of your union for the frauds and cheats that they are, or you fight and look like you are defending steroids and steroid users. It is a lose lose situation for the players and a win win for baseball.
I do understand Bud's position. He was trying to recover from the '94 strike and didn't want WWII with the union. I'm sure that most of us put in that position would have shut our mouth and taken the cash.
BTW, if Bud ever does resign, who would replace him? I have stated in the past on this board that I think George W. Bush will take over. He loves the game and isn't really doing much right now.
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Actually LEADING would have hurt the owner's bottom line... hence why it was never done and probably will never be done. Bud's in the office because he was good at making the owner's bottom lines nice and phat. Granted we as fans took it in the rump but very few will argue that owners got a great deal out of Bud.
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He's had some good and bad, but his bad is REALLY bad.
I just wish he would go back to running the Brew Crew so the Reds would have 2 teams they could finish ahead of.
Can anyone name one good thing Bud Selig has done for Baseball? Does it justify the 17.5 million dollar contract?
BTW, how many years has he been making that kind of salary? What is happening to this freakin' world?
I wish I had checked the vote results before I voted just so I'd know who voted to keep him.
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