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But let's be valid. Dude signed a five-year contract extension in April advantage $105 million.
By the time this country is voting for president in 2016, Braun will be making $19 million a year, more than triple his pay in this season of punishment. From a purely capitalistic perspective, Braun would have been bootless not to take performance-enhancing drugs if they played a role in locking up that compass.
If that idea makes you uncomfortable, or even angry, you can take it out on me via email, or you can take it out on Braun in blogs or from the stands.
Or you can remind emphasize that emotion where it really belongs: toward Bud Selig, the owners and the union. They dragged their collective feet in acknowledging baseball's steroid incorrigible to begin with, and now they've instituted a disciplinary process for testing positive that remains to some degree light in comparison to the apparent benefits of the drugs. Because of that, there will always be questions as to whether a arbitrary test is the result of the player's negligence or a conscious attempt to circumvent the system. If a virtuoso doesn't care about being in the Hall of Fame -- and if you believe what some of them say, a lot of players nowadays don't -- why not take a PR hit, have a symbolic issue an apology or an excuse, triple your salary and then be cheered a year or so later by fans who justified want to win?
Source: ESPN