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FBN's Judge Andrew Napolitano on Ryan Braun, NL MVP, being cleared of charges for steroid use.
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Now maybe the exact opposite baseball and BP Ryan but -- and broad appeal to suspension for steroid use any one.
Because the sample was improperly handle.
All rides the judges here -- we -- to -- pretty good morning at the meeting are a lot of lot of opinions on this.
But that the idea that this guy might have used steroids and got away with -- winning that in BP.
This because of improper handling of this sample is a bitter taste for a lot of.
It is a bitter taste even for someone like -- it was a stickler for detail W knows this quotation from chest -- justice Felix Frankfurter.
The history of human freedom is paying careful attention to government procedures -- this is not the government but for him that's like the government its Major League Baseball.
And the procedures say you'll have to ship this ought to be tested in the same day that the specimen was -- we're talking about as Europe.
But let's be sensible here this was in a refrigerator for two days it was an open that wasn't tampered with there is zero evidence.
That its residents for two days in the refrigerator is going to affect the outcome of the test.
-- -- when they tested -- there's no dispute but that it was easier and and that it indicated an unacceptable level of steroids which would which trigger -- serious serious suspension from baseball stated differently this is the elevation even by my standards.
A form.
Over substance and this should not have interfered with what would've been a very appropriate punishment of him.
The law does not require perfection.
It just requires general fairness -- something unfair.
About this -- -- sitting in a refrigerator for two days over a week -- -- quickly is this it is this the end of the line is what the end of the line that's a great question when you agree to arbitration.
You can only -- arbitration in the case of corruption.
On the part of the arbitrator's.
That's not the case here they may have voted improperly but they didn't do so for any improper me.
-- -- -- it's it's an amazing story people are gonna have a hard feelings on this some but not you know they'll do it'll trigger a better testing procedures with more immediate testing so this doesn't happen again -- -- this guy got away -- to -- I don't think guys walk away with -- freedoms and liberties somebody abuses are.
Society you're probably right it's a bad result.
I think ultimately it will produce a better system here's another Frankfurt terrorism for its better a thousand guilty people go free than one innocent person punished that's why -- net siege resolutely and -- Thank you very much as the guys have a right -- so what's the greatest.
