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cpayne5 · 08-02-2005, 09:08 AM

Major league baseball doesn't tell players what supplements have chemicals that could trigger a positive test for steroids. Supplements are not regulated by the government and the supplement manufacturers don't always tell you what a product's ingredients are.

Raffy tested positive several weeks ago. It went to arbitration and the arbitrator ruled that he didn't believe Raffy took steroids intentionally, but rather took a supplement not knowing that it would trip the steroid test. The arbitrator also ruled that it be prudent to have Raffy serve the suspension anyway.

I believe Raffy is a good man and I believe him when he says he didn't do it intentionally. The way MLB has set it up, it would be very easy to fail a drug test. I would wager that 99% of MLB players have no idea which supplement contains what. What really needs to happen is for the league and the players union to get together and devise a list of 'bad supplements'. It would protect guys like Raffy and at the same time, go after guys like Giambi.

08-02-2005, 09:08 AM	#18
cpayne5 Playmaker Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 3,807	Re: Palmeiro, Art Monk of the MLB? Major league baseball doesn't tell players what supplements have chemicals that could trigger a positive test for steroids. Supplements are not regulated by the government and the supplement manufacturers don't always tell you what a product's ingredients are. Raffy tested positive several weeks ago. It went to arbitration and the arbitrator ruled that he didn't believe Raffy took steroids intentionally, but rather took a supplement not knowing that it would trip the steroid test. The arbitrator also ruled that it be prudent to have Raffy serve the suspension anyway. I believe Raffy is a good man and I believe him when he says he didn't do it intentionally. The way MLB has set it up, it would be very easy to fail a drug test. I would wager that 99% of MLB players have no idea which supplement contains what. What really needs to happen is for the league and the players union to get together and devise a list of 'bad supplements'. It would protect guys like Raffy and at the same time, go after guys like Giambi. __________________ "It's not about what you've done, but what's been done for you."