Chris Broussard: “Rob Manfred keeps saying he can’t punish the players because of ‘The Union’… Here’s where I disagree with Tony Clark on… Once they CHEAT, you shouldn’t be obligated to protect their rights as a CHEATER. I get that it might be in the CBA and you couldn’t punish them, but there are players’ rights you don’t protect – when players use PEDs they get suspended, so you weren’t protecting their rights to cheat… If guys cheat, whether it’s PEDs, or cheating the game like in this instance, then we don’t defend the rights for that. If we defend your right to cheat, then we’re defending your right to cheat other members of the union. They’re protecting the cheaters but not the guys who have been doing it the right way.” (Full Audio at Bottom of Page)
Listen to Chris Broussard explain why he’s troubled by the Major League Players Association’s possible role in allowing the Houston Astros player who actively participated in the team’s rampant sign-stealing cheating scandal to completely steer clear of any punishment.
MLB commissioner Rob Manfred reportedly balked at ever seriously considering such an act, apparently hesitant to ever attempt at getting into in a one vs. one battle with one of the strongest unions in the world.
Chris says the MLBPA shouldn’t be going out of their way to defend proven cheaters, and says if they can’t defend steroid users, then they shouldn’t defend guys literally cheating the game between the lines.
Check out the audio below as Chris details why it seems like the MLBPA not only cares deeply about players who cheat, but cares more about those players than the actual innocent players who were cheated.